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"Funny and fearless, Tales from the Back Row is a keenly observed collection of personal essays about what it's really like to be a young woman working in the fashion industry. In Tales from the Back Row, Cosmopolitan.com editor Amy Odell takes readers behind the stage of New York's hottest fashion shows to meet the world's most influential models, designers, celebrities, editors, and photographers. But first, she has to push her way through the crowds outside, where we see the lengths people go to be noticed by the lurking paparazzi, and weave her way through the packed venue, from the very back row to the front. And as Amy climbs the ladder (with tips about how you can, too), she introduces an industry powered by larger-than-life characters: she meets the intimidating Anna Wintour and the surprisingly gracious Rachel Zoe, not to mention the hilarious Chelsea Handler, and more. As she describes the allure of Alexander Wang's ripped tights and Marchesa's Oscar-worthy dresses, Amy artfully layers in something else: ultimately this book is about how the fashion industry is an exaggerated mirror of human fallibility--reflecting our desperate desire to belong, to make a mark, to be included. For Amy is the first to admit that as much as she is embarrassed by the thrill she gets when she receives an invitation to an exclusive after-party, she can't help but RSVP 'yes'"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I am perhaps fortunate that I am a broke blogger and could not rush out to go fashion shopping after reading this book; it was certainly a temptation I might have fallen to, had I possessed any money with which to buy clothes right now. Of course, styles are different in Southern Colorado, so that if I tried too hard to emulate the fashion culture the author and her book grew out of, I would simply look out of place, but as often happens when I read about fashion, I feel a renewed, albeit temporary, urge to dress 'better' and be more tenacious and hardworking with my blogging efforts. And, I definitely recommend this book to other bloggers, and to people who enjoy fashion and reading about odd subcultures. ( )