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November 3, 2022 14 mins

In this episode, host Liberty Imhoff discusses why reading and writing both still matter to the fashion industry.

She starts off by talking about her love of both books and the written word, then progresses to a few of her favorite fashion books and fashion journalists before getting into a broader industry discussion about the state of reading and writing in the fashion world.


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BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano https://amzn.to/3sYRVzs

Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes https://amzn.to/3DzaSxx

The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History https://amzn.to/3DtoEle

The Price of Illusion: A Memoir https://amzn.to/3U33tO1

Fashion Climbing: A Memoir with Photographs https://amzn.to/3NNSnKN

Anna: The Biography https://amzn.to/3G0Dzqj

Champagne Supernovas: Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, and the '90s Renegades Who Remade Fashion https://amzn.to/3sUTP4a

The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir https://amzn.to/3hbefU3

The Vanity Fair Diaries: Power, Wealth, Celebrity, and Dreams: My Years at the Magazine That Defined a Decade https://amzn.to/3T6Fv3f



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REFERENCES

Manic Metallic's "The Plight Of The Fashion Journalist": https://manicmetallic.com/editorials/the-plight-of-the-fashion-journalist/


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