About this title: The autobiography of Diana Vreeland, legendary editor of Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, tells all, with wit and charm, about the glitzy high-fashion world that was her element, and that she did so much to shape.
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Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780394731612ISBN:0394731611
Description: Acceptable. Well used. Still readable but not for the collector. All orders processed within 2 business days. Ships from Foxboro MA. read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First edition. Thus
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780394731612ISBN:0394731611
Description: Fine. 0394731611. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Like New. 258 p.; 18 cm; Includes Photographs; black and illustrated cover with red and white print. Autobiography.; Alibris.0003957. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1984-05-12
ISBN-13:9780394503417ISBN:0394503414
Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. 2nd printing. Price-clipped dustjacket has light to moderate shelfwear with a half-inch closed tear and crease at upper corner of rear panel. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: 2003-05-07
ISBN-13:9780306812637ISBN:0306812630
Description: New. No jacket as issued. New paperback book. We ship 6 days a week, generally within 24 hours; single CDs and DVDs upgraded to 1st class! read more
"I was so excited to read this autobiography since she was a legend in the fashion world and the personal inspiration behind the fashion company I'm currently working for. I stopped reading at about page 50 when it dawned on me that Diana Vreeland was the Paris Hilton of her time. She was a spoiled, pampered, uneducated woman (she never went to high school) who enjoyed shocking people, and had an overly high opinion of her own sparkle. She became famous and powerful purely on the basis of her money and family.
Actually, her style reminded me of the autobiography of Elsa Schiaparrelli in the rambling DAH-LING type stream of consciousness. The difference to me was that Schiap actually contributed something original and meaningful to the world of art and fashion. She had a business and felt a responsibility to work. Vreeland..not so much."
"Eccentric kook and former Vogue fashion editor Diana Vreeland makes devil-in-Prada Anna Wintour seem like the boring girl next door. Vreeland is a great storyteller, and the book is filled with glamour and exoticism, though the vapidity of it can begin to wear you down after a while (her completely naive, self-centered account of WWII was rather shocking, for instance). Still an enjoyable read, if only for such priceless--and sometimes ridiculous--bon mots as "Lettuce is divine, although I'm not sure it's really a food" and "Pink is the navy blue of India.""
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