If you saw the BBC2 documentary Absolutely Fashion: Inside British Vogue, you have had a taster of the story told in Inside Vogue: A Diary of My 100th Year. It’s the usual fashion week shows, parties and press deadlines combined with the stress of anniversary celebrations, including choosing a cover girl for the 100th anniversary edition – the Duchess of Cambridge – and organising the National Portrait Gallery exhibition, Vogue 100: A Century of Style. Written by British Vogue’s editor-in-chief, Alexandra Shulman, who, in addition to her demanding day job, has written two novels, it’s the definitive fly-on-the-wall portrait for any fashionista. At one point, she calls Mayfair, decked out for Christmas, “a gilded world of money and privilege”, and the same description easily pertains to the world in which she moves; the book is a who’s who of the fashion world, teeming with celebrity cameos.
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