Of the one’s that do I love a pink Marni silk coat that I have worn for at least twelve years and which I use in the book to write about how some clothes are companions in our lives. Alexandra Shulman is a writer and commentator.
Why do we love some but tire quickly of others? She is currently a columnist for the Mail on Sunday, a contributor to a variety of newspapers and magazines and a Vice President of the London Library. She is a writer, and journalist, and social commentator.
Former Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman’s new book Clothes…and other things that matter tells the story of her life through the contents of her wardrobe. Join Alexandra Shulman as she celebrates her new book's publication day with a very special Book Brunch and chat!
She has been Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery and The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity and is an honorary fellow of the University of the Arts. Eventbrite - BookBrunch presents BookBrunch Extra with Alexandra Shulman - Thursday, 23 April 2020 - Find event and registration information.
ONLINE 2020 ALEXANDRA SHULMAN / SUN 19 JULY / 4.00PM in conversation... with Kirsty Wark When we hear that Kirsty enjoyed this book so much that she read it in one sitting, we know that we’re in for a treat when she discusses ‘Clothes…and other things that matter’ with its author, Alexandra Shulman.
I prefer shopping in real life as I don’t get the same pleasure from scrolling on-line but in this lockdown I have become adept.When I left Vogue after 25 years as Editor I wanted to write a book but I wasn’t sure exactly what that would be.
I didn’t want to write a book that was solely about Vogue but of course people are interested in Vogue so what I came up with is a hybrid – part memoir and part social observation and part fashion history.I love Daunt’s on the Marylebone Road which is so beautiful and has great displays but I heard it was closing which would be a tragedy.
Having grown up a stone’s throw from Sloane Square, Chelsea looms large in her book.
In this part memoir, part fashion history and part social commentary we could well find some answers.Sign up to the Borders Book Festival e-newsletter for all our latest news direct to your inbox.The Baillie Gifford Borders Book Festival Online 2020 is free to view on our Vimeo channel so that everyone can explore and enjoy great literature events from home. How do we feel when we wear them?
Alison Starling, the publisher of this book, wrote to me to suggest I write something on Ageless Style. I’m missing restaurants a lot.
Alexandra Shulman reveals the emotional and logistical minefield of producing the 100th anniversary issue (that Duchess of Cambridge cover surprise), organizing the star-studded Vogue 100 Gala, working with designers from Victoria Beckham to Karl Lagerfeld …
I much look forward to: chips at The Wolseley and going to Jeremy King and Chris Corbin’s Le Soutine which is their St John’s Wood brasserie (below), The River Cafe will be an amazing treat, our local Italian Ida which is tiny and has the best pasta, Kateh a very good Iranian in Maida Vale.I’m not an enormous Instagram follower. I will always have a pair of white shoes.Online I shop at Net-a-porter, Atterley which sells mid-priced brands from independent boutiques and then, really whatever catches my eye. She was British Vogue's Editor-in-Chief from 1992 to 2017 and was awarded the CBE in the 2018 New Year's Honours list. Why do we choose and buy certain items?
Books are my addiction.
'In lockdown my indulgences have become entirely sensual': Alexandra Shulman on her new luxuries The author and former Vogue editor writes … A memoir/history of fashion, Shulman writes about the meaning of clothes (through some of the 556 pieces in her wardrobe) and how they become the story of our lives. Alexandra Shulman edited British Vogue 1992-2016. ALEXANDRA SHULMAN celebrated the launch of her new book - Inside Vogue: A Diary Of My 100th Year - with friends, family, colleagues and a host of fashion industry faces at Marylebone's newly-opened Fucina restaurant last night. Since leaving Vogue in her position as Editor In Chief, Alexandra Shulman has enjoyed success with her first book and Mail On Sunday column.She's also working on a new … READ: Alexandra's New Zealand Friend Louise Chunn On Why Alexandra Is Leaving Vogue After 25 Years It’s an era Alexandra Shulman remembers well. Former Editor of British Vogue (and our old boss), Shulman has just published her fourth book, the bestselling Clothes…And Other Things that Matter.