Hijacking the Runway: How Celebrities Are Stealing the Spotlight from Fashion Designers

by Teri Agins

Book Overview

A fascinating chronicle of how celebrity has inundated the world of fashion, realigning the forces that drive both the styles we covet and the bottom lines of the biggest names in luxury apparel. 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592408141
• ISBN13: 9781592408146
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Avery Publishing Group
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher