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

Woodhead, Lindy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1844089045 ISBN 13 : 9781844089048

Editeur : Virago Press Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

War Paint is the story of two remarkable women - Miss Elizabeth Arden and Madame Helena Rubinstein. Between them they left an extraordinary legacy which touches the lives of virtually all women today: the creation of the modern cosmetics and beauty industry. War Paint will trace the humble beginnings of both Arden and Rubinstein and examine the forces and influences that drove them. The book will also look at the period in which they lived, without which their phenomenal achievement cannot be truly appreciated. The similarities between the two are intriguing: dedicated to beauty, neither were great beauties themselves. They were both diminutive in size, if not in the size of their ego. They were both born into genteel poverty and were motivated by money and the creation of their businesses, to the exclusion of almost everything else. They were both avid social climbers and desperately thrifty. They also hated each other. This is the story of an industry, of a social movement and of a great rivalry. Gripping, glamorous and totally absorbing, this is social history at its best.

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: Virago Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1844089045
• ISBN 13: 9781844089048
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 512