BLACK COFFEE AND RED LIPSTICK: NOTES ON LIVING

A new collection of thought provoking and engaging memoir based essays from columnist commentator and Sunday Times bestselling author Alexandra Shulman the longest serving Editor in Chief of British Vogue Praise for Alexandra Shulman Self deprecating and stylish this is sure to become a classic Vanity Fair Alexandra Shulman s style is unaffected immediate and hilariously dry She s brilliant at observing everyday feelings in a joy sparking turn of phrase Helena Bonham Carter Roast Chicken and Red Lipstick is a collection of essays that weave ideas about our domestic and daily life hence the roast chicken with thoughts on style and the way we present ourselves hence the red lipstick It combines anecdotes and observations from Alexandra Shulman s 25 years spent editing British Vogue and her current life as a freelance writer and commentator She draws on her experiences as a magazine editor but also a mother daughter sibling girlfriend housekeeper and lover of shopping Alexandra left her job at Vogue in 2017 to embark on a different way of life and while this is in no way a book of self discovery it does touch on the question of things or patterns of behavior that make us who we are The essays will be a mixture of ideas from her quest for th