If there is one book that you should read while studying fashion or if you are just curious about fashion, then this is the book. The Fashion Conspiracy written by Nicholas Coleridge is “the dazzling inside story of the glamorous world of international high fashion”. Interviewing more than 400 people in 14 different countries, Coleridge shines the light on many of fashion’s secrets. I really don’t understand how the fashion pack let this man get this book published as the truth becomes very apparent: the gritty reality of all we hold dear in our glittering fashion domain.
Coleridge’s writing is upbeat, self-deprecating, insightful and at times gossipy. The book flows by, dealing with areas such as New York and it’s stellar rise to fashion fame to Tokyo and how things are so different from the western world, sweatshops to London’s fashion malaise and Paris all the way to the Middle East. There is a short photo section; a who’s who of shiny, rich people side-by-side the biggest designers. Some things are completely shocking. Immensely enjoyable, I can not recommend this book enough and I just wish Nicholas Coleridge would write an update to this glorious book, as the initial publication was in 1988.
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09/01/2011 at 15:20 Permalink
Wow – what a great looking book. The pictures and the writing sound great, I’ll have to keep my eye out for it.
10/01/2011 at 08:35 Permalink
I had to order it on-line. It was such an entertaining read. By the way, I really liked your blog!