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Clothes... and other things that matter : A beguiling and revealing memoir from the former Editor of British Vogue - Alexandra Shulman

Clothes... and other things that matter

A beguiling and revealing memoir from the former Editor of British Vogue

By: Alexandra Shulman

Paperback | 10 January 2021 | Edition Number 1

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In Clothes... and other things that matter, Alexandra Shulman delves into her own life to look at the emotions, ambitions, expectations and meanings behind the way we dress.

From the bra to the bikini, the trench coat to trainers, the slip dress to the suit, she explores their meaning in women's lives and how our wardrobes intersect with the larger world - the career ladder, motherhood, romance, sexual identity, ambition, failure, body image and celebrity.

By turns funny, refreshingly self-deprecating and often very moving, this startlingly honest memoir from the ex-Editor of British Vogue will encourage women of all ages to consider what their own clothes mean to them, the life they live in them and the stories they tell.

About the Author

Alexandra Shulman is a writer and commentator. She was British Vogue's Editor-in-Chief from 1992 to 2017 and was awarded the CBE in the 2018 New Year's Honours list. She is currently a columnist for the Mail on Sunday, a contributor to a variety of newspapers and magazines and a Vice President of the London Library. She has written two novels, Can We Still Be Friends(2012) and The Parrots (2015) and Inside Vogue: The Diary of My 100th Year (2016).
Industry Reviews
Clothes is the perfect isolation read - clever, emotionally intelligent, revelling in style without making us yearn to shop. - The Times

She has written about her clothes, and given us some scintillating reading. [...] hugely engaging memoir. - The Spectator

I really loved this book- it's warm, thought-provoking and honest. In the end, I had to ration myself because I didn't want to finish. In these frankly strange times it was wonderful and comforting.

I loved this book. It's great company and a Corona comfort. Alexandra Shulman's style is unaffected, immediate and hilariously dry. She's brilliant at observing everyday feelings in a joy-sparking turn of phrase - but better still she has made me feel so much better about owning too many clothes. Instead of doing a ruthless edit I find myself curating my own private exhibition - inside my wardrobe hang not just clothes, not just stories but my own autobiography.

Such a great read - so open and honest and funny. I devoured it in one sitting.

A must-read memoir for even those beyond the fashion set. - Evening Standard

From the hat that went to the a Royal wedding to a life-changing bathrobe, Alexandra Shulman tells her life story in clothes ... in her hotly anticipated memoir. - You magazine

A life beyond Moss, mwahs and Manolo Blahniks - by the fashionista that really knows [...] a wry and candid part-memoir, part-fashion history, part-social commentary. - Mail on Sunday

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