War Paint: Madame Helena Rubinstein and Miss Elizabeth Arden, Their Lives, Their Times,Their Rivalry - Couverture rigide

Woodhead, Lindy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0471487783 ISBN 13 : 9780471487784

Editeur : Turner Pub Co, 2004

Synopsis

War Paint: Madame Helena Rubinstein and Miss Elizabeth Arden, Their Lives, Their Times, Their Rivalry A fascinating dual biography of the women who founded today's beauty industryThey were both born in the nineteenth century in humble circumstances-Helena Rubinstein in an orthodox Jewish household in Krakow, Poland, Elizabeth Arden on a farm outside Toronto. But by the 1930s, they were bitter rivals in New York, the rulers of dueling international beauty empires that would forever change the way women thought about cosmetics, salons, and wrinkles. This riveting biography brings these two celebrated women to life, revealing the ruthless drive and innovative business strategies that took each to the top. Along the way, it offers an intriguing look at their per...

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

I have seldom enjoyed a book so much . . . the research is staggering . . . a wonderful read (Lulu Guinness)

The definitive biography of women and their relationships to their faces in the twentieth century (Linda Grant GUARDIAN)

What a relief it is to read so detailed and well-researched a book . . . Woodhead knows her stuff (Fay Weldon SUNDAY TIMES)

Gripping biographies of these powder-puff prima donnas. At the same time . . . the history of make-up through the twentieth century (Val Hennessey DAILY MAIL)

Written with humorous sensitivity and sympathy (Nicky Haslam LITERARY REVIEW)

These were women who were tough in business, who had a single vision - an idea of what they believed in and would do anything to get there (Bobbi Brown)

Biographie de l'auteur :

Lindy Woodhead worked in international fashion public relations for over 25 years. During the late 1980s she spent two years as the first woman on Harvey Nichols' board of directors. Lindy retired from fashion in 2000 to concentrate on writing; her first book, War Paint (Virago), a biography of Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden, was published in 2003. Her second book, Shopping, Seduction & Mr Selfridge (Profile), was adapted into an ITV drama that ran for four series. She is a regular contributor to The Spectator and The Times Saturday Magazine. A Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts, she is married with two sons and lives in southwest London and southwest France.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Turner Pub Co
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0471487783
• ISBN 13: 9780471487784
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 528