{"product_id":"9781846017780-black-coffee-and-red-lipstick","title":"Black Coffee and Red Lipstick","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNotes on living\u003cbr\u003eA new collection of thought-provoking and engaging memoir-based essays from columnist, commentator and \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author, Alexandra Shulman, the longest serving Editor-in-Chief of British \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePraise for Alexandra Shulman:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Self-deprecating and stylish, this is sure to become a classic.' - \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlack Coffee and Red Lipstick\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of essays that weave ideas about our domestic and daily life - hence the black coffee - with thoughts on style and the way we present ourselves - hence the red lipstick.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt combines anecdotes and observations from Alexandra Shulman's 25 years spent editing British \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexandra left her job at V\u003ci\u003eogue\u003c\/i\u003e 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 behaviour that make us who we are? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays will be a mixture of ideas from her quest for the perfect eyeliner, to why picnics are so delightful.  How it is that men and women see different things in the home - is there male pattern blindness? - to why our hair matters so much to us. Friendship, siblings, gardening and grey hair will also be explored with Alexandra's characteristic wit and incisiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57484182258038,"sku":"9781846017780","price":16.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41012613.jpg?v=1776995391","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781846017780-black-coffee-and-red-lipstick","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}