My Paris Dream : : an Education in Style, Slang, and Seduction in the Great City on the Seine
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"For readers of How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are, My Paris Dream is a charming and insightful memoir about coming of age as a fashion journalist in 1980s Paris, by former Vogue and Harper's Bazaar editor Kate Betts, the author of Everyday Icon : Michelle Obama and the Power of Style"
"As a young woman Kate Betts nursed a dream of striking out on her own and discovering who she was meant to be in Paris. Upon graduation from Princeton and not without trepidation, she took off, renting a room in the apartment of a young 'BCBG' family and throwing herself into Parisian culture, determined to master French slang, style, and savoir-faire, and find a job that would give her a reason to stay. After a series of dues-paying jobs, she began a magnificent apprenticeship at Women's Wear Daily andwas initiated into the high fashion world at a moment that saw the last glory of the old guard and the explosion of a new generation of talent. From a woozy yet enchanting Yves Saint Laurent to the mischievous and commanding Karl Lagerfeld, to the riotous, brilliant young guns--Martin Margiela, Helmut Lang, and John Galliano--who were rewriting the rules of fashion, Betts gives us a view of what it looked like to a young American girl, finding herself, falling in love, and exploring this dazzling world all at once. Rife with insider information about restaurants, shopping, travel, and food, Betts's memoir brings the enchantment of France to life--from the nightclubs of Paris where she learned to dance Le Rock, to the lavender fields of Provence and the forests of le Bretagne--in an unforgettable memoir of coming-of-age"
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This Is Not The Book You Are Looking For submitted by GJBarnett2 on July 14, 2015, 11:43pm ... unless you're looking for a memoir by a vapid self-indulgent fashionista.
PUBLISHED
New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2015]
Year Published: 2015
Description: 233 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780679644422
0679644423
SUBJECTS
Betts, Kate, -- 1964-
Betts, Kate, -- 1964- -- Homes and haunts -- Paris.
Young women -- Paris -- Biography.
Americans -- Paris -- Biography.
Women journalists -- Paris -- Biography.
Fashion -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.
Fashion designers -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.
Coming of age -- Paris.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Paris (France) -- Biography.