Wear and Tear - Couverture rigide

Tynan, Tracy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0715651501 ISBN 13 : 9780715651506

Editeur : Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 2017

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

'Vivid and entertaining throughout' Times

'I was transfixed... Tracy's opinions about clothes are as distinctive as her father's... this is a book that aims to throw off disguises and it reveals a poised, resilient and sympathetic woman' Kate Kellaway, Observer and Book of the Day

'A cracking read!' Libby Purves, Midweek, BBC Radio 4

'The bible for every boy and girl who grew up preferring go-go boots to dolls. It's not just the story of what Tracy wore but the tragi-comic ménage à trois of an only child stage-managing her mad, bad parents' Hint magazine

'Now a stylish 60-something, Tracy Tynan has made her authorial debut... in which she reminisces about her rollercoaster childhood... while cleverly using her preoccupation with clothes and accessories to link the various stages of her life' Stage

'A memoir filled with extravagance and guilty pleasures. A poignant diary... expertly written and an interesting read for anyone interested in glamour gossip or high fashion' Nudge

'I didn't doubt a word of it... sewn into the book is her obsession with clothes... poignant irony emerges... we come to admire her as a woman' Anthony Quinn, Guardian

'A tale of privilege and neglect at once vivid and moving. A compelling memoir from first page to last' John Lahr, editor of The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan

'Brilliant... makes you feel how painful it was to be the disfavored daughter of two exhibitionist parents' David Hare

'Above all, what Tracy achieves in Wear and Tear is to make us marvel at her own survival' The Week

'A highly entertaining page-turner... structured around favourite pieces she has worn during different eras of her life... Tynan's memoir is most riveting when she recounts growing up with her appalling parents. They may have been monsters, but they certainly gave her plenty to write about' Rebecca Wallersteiner, The Lady

'Uses the universal medium of clothing to tell the highly specific story of her bohemian British upbringing, and she does so with wit, candour, and yes-style' Lena Dunham

'Rich in humour and observation, it's stylish tone belies the often harrowing nature of her formative years, and it details with bravery and precision exactly who Tracy was and what she wore' Anjelica Huston

'Poignant, surprising, and an enchanting view of what it is to come into oneself among the sacred monsters of the 20th century' Joan Juliet Buck, former editor of French Vogue

'As you read, you marvel at the author's resilience; the girl with the apple-green shoes acceded to a bigger role than she had ever expected, and found that she knew how to dress the part' New York Times

'A powerful concoction of famous names, famous fashions and famous psychiatric disorders' New York Post

'Clothes may make the man but in Tynan s Wear and Tear, they tell the story of finding one's place in the world and creating a family with grace and, yes, restraint' Forbes

'Captivating... Tynan has written a moving, candid, and often hilarious account of her tumultuous childhood in England and New York in the 1950s and '60s' Wall Street Journal

'Compelling characters... absorbing... clear-sighted... mystifyingly, stunningly, she has overcome the handicaps of her chaotic childhood and gone on to build a unique iteration of a blended, melded family' --LA Review of Books<

'Vivid and entertaining... a must-read for any cinephile' --IndieWire

'Combines insightful sartorial analysis with delicious gossip and celebrity tidbits to create a compelling memoir of her life and time' --Andrew Wilson, author of Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath Skin

Présentation de l'éditeur

'A cracking read!' Libby Purves, Midweek, BBC Radio 4

'Vivid and entertaining throughout' Times

Tracy Peacock Tynan, daughter of the world-famous theatre critic Kenneth Tynan and the author Elaine Dundy, grew up in London and New York during the 1950s and '60s. Her parents threw lavish parties where style was essential and guests included the biggest Hollywood, theatre and literary legends among them Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Orson Welles, Gore Vidal, Tennessee Williams and Maggie Smith. As Tynan describes it, her parents were ''trying their best to be the Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald of the '50s.''

In Wear and Tear, Tynan reveals the glamour, secrets and dark side of her parents' highly stylised world of endless jet-setting and savage fights, the struggles she faced as she tried to take charge of her life, and the happiness she eventually found as a costume designer, writer, wife and mother. She tells her astonishing story through the prism of the clothes which have come to symbolise her turbulent life: her father's dandy attire, her mother's mink coat and Pucci dress, clothes-shopping on Oxford Street as a teenager and donning Ossie Clark as a young adult. Her love for fashion eventually inspired her to a career as a Hollywood designer, dressing Richard Gere, Bruce Willis, Julie Andrews, Zooey Deschanel and other stars.

Frank, funny and deftly observed, Wear and Tear is an immensely engrossing, charming and eye-opening memoir of an extraordinary life.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0715651501
• ISBN 13: 9780715651506
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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