Description
Witty, outspoken, brilliant (and lavishly illus trated), Chic Savages is the scandalous exposé of high fashion and high society, by the feared and celebrated publisher of W and Women's Wear Daily
John Fairchild is the high priest of nouvelle soci-ety (and vieille, as well) and haute couture-a publisher who can make or break a designer's collection, and whose sharp eye (and still sharper tongue) has sparked legendary feuds.
Now, he has written the ultimate insider's guide to today's fashion follies-a savage, gossipy, no-holds-barred look at the world of superstar designers and the superrich social climbers who buy their clothes.
Fairchild takes us inside the great fashion houses, from Yves Saint Laurent and Valentino to Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren, revealing their secrets and showing off their fashion predic-tions for the 1990s in a series of stunning full-color paintings. And he exposes the inner dynamics of today's "nouvelle society," a glittering world ruled by ready cash and relentless publicity, in which designers-once snubbed as mere high-class tradesmen-have become star members, richer and more famous than most of their clientele.
Caustic, entertaining, and incisive, Chic Savages is the most revealing look at high fashion and high society ever published. ISBN:9780671683344
