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Vanity Project
Vanity Project
A Tale of Fashion and Celebrity Styled by Dave Thomas
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In 1988 David Thomas was an unemployed plumber with a seemingly impossible dream: to enter the world of fashion. Daveworked weekends washing dishes in a café and evenings as a lavatory attendant in a West End nightclub, and in every sparemoment he hammered on the doors of fashion editors, until one of them opened a tiny crack. Having seized the chance to be anunpaid dogsbody at Riva magazine, he found his niche in the contemporary music scene, working with legends of style JudyBlame and Isabella Blow, dressing artists like Lisa Stansfield, Boy George and Kylie Minogue.In the intervening decades the business of styling has ascended from the pavement to the penthouse. What began as kids playingdress-up with ribbons and safety-pins has evolved to become the backbone of a multi-billion-dollar style and clothing industry.And David Thomas is now one of Hollywood’s most successful stylists.Vanity Project takes a behind-the-curtain look at the glamour, the tantrums, the comradeship, the rivalries, and the surprisinglyhard graft of celebrity styling.
By Dave Thomas, Foreword by The Prince of Wales, Introduction by Lionel Ritchie, Afterword by John Legend
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Format: HARDBACK
Pages: 288
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As a young, unemployed plumber, Dave Thomas dreamed of a glamorous life in fashion. He moved to London and, followingstints as a dishwasher and toilet attendant, became the youngest Fashion Editor in the world for British Esquire. He ultimatelymoved on to edit fashion at Vogue Homme, Vanity Fair, and Interview, and his work has since been published in a raft ofinternational magazines. With clients that include John Legend, Henry Golding, Calvin Harris, Kane Brown, David Guetta, andLionel Richie, Dave Thomas is considered one of the original pioneers of celebrity styling.