Title:
Hijacking the runway : how celebrities are stealing the spotlight from fashion designers / Teri Agins.
ISBN:
9781592408146
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York, New York : Gotham Books, [2014]
Physical Description:
xv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
The empress's new clothes: old Hollywood and the roots of fashion's celebrity obsessions -- The smell of success: l'eau de celebrity -- Bravely into the gap: the stars of dress-down nation -- Gilt by association: celebrities move to the front row -- Stilettos and the city: fashion steps into its accessories moment with Carrie Bradshaw and SJP -- Exploiting America's shoe fetish: Jessica Simpson and Vince Camuto play footsie -- The immutable socialite: Tory Burch gets millions of her BFFs to walk a mile in her shoes -- Hip-hop hooray: Sean Combs, Tommy Hilfiger, and the rise of urban chic -- Making dollars out of scents: the sky's the limit for Jennifer Lopez -- The red star that stars built: Macy's celebrity moment -- Celebrity by design: Project Runway fits Michael Kors like a glove -- We'll always have Paris: reality-show stars join the stampede -- Paris when it fizzles: Lindsay Lohan and "Tragiqueistan" -- When Kanye couldn't: Kanye West and the failure of attitude -- Just say no to the fame game: the Olsen twins make it the old-fashioned way -- Designer brand of the year: Victoria Beckham aka Posh Spice -- Beyond the bling: can fashion survive celebrity?
Summary:
"From Coco Chanel's iconic tweed suits to the miniskirt's surprising comeback in the late 1980s, fashion houses reigned for decades as the arbiters of style and dictators of trends. Hollywood stars have always furthered fashion's cause of seducing the masses into buying designers' clothes, acting as living billboards. Now, forced by the explosion of social media and the accelerating worship of fame, red carpet celebrities are no longer content to just advertise and are putting their names on labels that reflect the image they-or their stylists-created"-- Provided by publisher.
OCLC Number:
ocn871192464
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1
