War Paint: Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein: Their Lives, their Times, their Rivalry - Couverture souple

Woodhead, Lindy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1474606490 ISBN 13 : 9781474606493

Editeur : W&N, 2017

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 Oxfordshire.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: W&N
• Date d'édition: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1474606490
• ISBN 13: 9781474606493
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 512