{"product_id":"vanity-project-a-tale-of-fashion-and-celebrity-styled-by-dave-thomas","title":"Vanity Project: A Tale of Fashion and Celebrity Styled by Dave Thomas","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHardcover | \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e23.5 x 3.3 x 29.85 cm | 376 pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eUnicorn Press | 2021 | 9781913491000\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the 1980s David Thomas was an unemployed plumber with a seemingly impossible dream: to become a fashion stylist. He ran away to London, landed a job selling cassettes in Tower Records, spent weekends and evenings washing dishes and working as a lavatory attendant, and every spare moment hammering on the doors of fashion editors until one of them opened a tiny crack. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs well as telling the touching and funny story of the “Billy Elliot of fashion’s” bumpy ride to success, \u003cem\u003eVanity Project \u003c\/em\u003eexamines the fascinating relationship between the fairytale worlds fashion and celebrity. It describes how the discipline of styling has evolved from the 1980s to now, from the streets of London to the red carpets of Hollywood. This story is told largely in the words of those in the front row seats: actors, musicians, designers, photographers, editors, directors, artists, and music business power brokers. In short, people who have shaped popular culture over more than three decades. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis beautifully designed book features more than 300 iconic images – photographs, sketches, magazine covers, Polaroids, iPhone snaps, and press cuttings – that illustrate the creative process from the mind of the stylist and the client's brief to the end result. The rich visual archive is brought right up to date with a specially commissioned portfolio of never-before-seen portraits by some of the world's leading contemporary photographers. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eVanity Project\u003c\/em\u003e is a tale of stars, of clothes, and of the skill and sweat that goes into creating those glittering moments on stage and screen. Above all, it’s the story of how, with the right kind of help and belief, one boy’s dream came true. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464768078082,"sku":"BK-UNI-VPTOF-001-G","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_0277.jpg?v=1773669921","url":"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/products\/vanity-project-a-tale-of-fashion-and-celebrity-styled-by-dave-thomas","provider":"Books About Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}