The Fashion Conspiracy

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Random House, Jun 30, 2012 - Business & Economics - 336 pages

From the catwalks of Paris to the sweatshops of South Korea; from Seventh Avenue glitz to Tokyo new-wave... The sophisticated brokings of the fashion conspiracy have generated a powerful new force in the world economy; designer money.

Nicholas Coleridge presents a fascinating portrait of the jet-setting matrons who are the gurus and tyrants of the fashion press; of fashion legends like Paloma Picasso and Tina Chow; of the top store buyers who command $700 million a season. He probes the incredible world of the designer billionaires like Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein and Yves St Laurent whose fashion empires are richer than entire Third World countries.

Here are the jealousies, the glamour, the buccaneering, the espionage and the razzmatazz in a witty and penetrating guide to an extraordinary world.

 

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Contents

About the Author
Manhattan Patterns the Oscar de la Renta
The Mahatma of Seventh Avenue
the Wabi Lobby Speeding on the Yamamoto
from Korea to Brick Lane
the English Malaise Body Map References
the Palace Through the Looking
The Islamic Factor Transforming Dowdy Arabia
the Aline Ateam
They Shoot Corsets Dont They? The Morals and Customs
the Buyer Brigade
Buttondown Dollars the Power of Designer Money
Beware of Imitations the Pirates of Seoul or Piracy
Cinched Tastebuds Food and Fashion
Picture Section
Copyright

Cartel Tales the Factories that Make Designers

Other editions - View all

The Fashion Conspiracy: A Remarkable Journey Through the Empires of Fashion
Nicholas Coleridge
Snippet view - 1988
The Fashion Conspiracy: A Remarkable Journey Through the Empires of Fashion
Nicholas Coleridge
Snippet view - 1988

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About the author (2012)

Nicholas Coleridge has written for the Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Times, Evening Standard, Spectator, Vanity Fair, Tatler, GQ and Harpers & Queen which he edited for three years. He is managing Director of Conde Nast in London and is married with two children.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Fashion Conspiracy
AuthorNicholas Coleridge
PublisherRandom House, 2012
ISBN1448149878, 9781448149872
Length336 pages
Subjects › 

Business & Economics / Distribution
Design / Fashion & Accessories
  
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