Within twelve months, Alexander McQueen had committed suicide, and John Galliano had professionally imploded. Who was to blame? How was fashion changed by their rise and fall? Dana Thomas tells the story of these two charismatic figures and times of great change in the world of fashion and reveals the machinations of this notoriously secretive industry.

In the first decade of the 21st century the fashion world was dominated by two different but equally successful and turbulent figures. Within twelve months, Alexander McQueen had committed suicide, and John Galliano had professionally imploded. Who was to blame? And how was fashion changed by their rise and fall? Spanning the 80s, 90s and noughties, Gods and Kings tells the story of these two charismatic figures and times of great change in the world of fashion, from London''s raucous art and club scene to the old-world glamour of Parisian couture, and reveals the machinations of this notoriously secretive industry.>

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Dana Thomas

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Dana Thomas has written for The New York Times magazine*,* the New Yorker, WSJ, the Financial Times, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and was the European editor of Cond ast Portfolio. She is a contributing editor for T: The New York Times Style magazine, and the author of The New York Times bestseller, Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Lustre. She lives in Paris.

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Spanning the 80s, 90s and noughties, this book features the story of Galliano and Alexander McQueen who created a great change in the world of fashion, from London's raucous art and club scene to the old-world glamour of Parisian couture, and reveals the machinations of this notoriously secretive industry.