Redeeming Features: A Memoir - Hardcover

Haslam, Nicky

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0224089714 ISBN 13: 9780224089715

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, 2009

Synopsis

Nicky Haslam has found himself at the centre of the most interesting circles wherever he is - at parties, opening nights, royal weddings. In London in the late '50s he crossed paths - and more - with Cecil Beaton, Francis Bacon, Diana Cooper, Lucian Freud, David Hockney and Noel Coward. In the '60s, in New York, he encountered Dorothy Parker, Cole Porter, Andy Warhol, Jack Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe while working at "Vogue" and "Show" magazines, before decamping to a ranch in Arizona to raise Arabian horses, when he wasn't commuting to Los Angeles to decorate for the stars. Back in England in the early '80s, he attended the wedding of his cousin Diana Spencer and designed for everyone from James Goldsmith to Bryan Ferry. Haslam is a gifted and exuberant storyteller with an exacting eye for the telling detail. "Redeeming Features" is a fascinating look at our culture, a compelling and wholly singular document of our times.

About this title

About the Author

Nicholas Haslam is the author of Sheer Opulence and has been a contributing editor of Vogue and Tatler for many years. He also writes for The World of Interiors and The Spectator. He lives in London.

From the Back Cover

'From the Mitfords to Warhol s Factory to Paris Hilton Nicky Haslam has been at the centre of every glittering social circle in living memory Haslam should be declared a National Treasure. While the nation s spirits are grievously low, Haslam brings joy and sprinkles magic dust of one sort or another wherever he goes' The Times

'Redeeming Features is a tour de force romp through high society and the more glamorous chapters in the counterculture of the 20th century and the 21st Haslam pops up from decade to decade alongside some of the most fascinating people in our cultural history' Vanity Fair

From the Inside Flap

From the legendary interior designer Nicky Haslam, a dazzling and witty account of his frenetic life from the 50s to the present in London, the south of France, New York, Arizona and Los Angeles, in a crowd of friends and acquaintances that includes virtually all of the cultural icons of our time.

Nicky Haslam has found himself at the centre of the most interesting circles wherever he is at parties, opening nights, royal weddings. In London in the late 50s he crossed paths and more with Cecil Beaton, Francis Bacon, Diana Cooper, Lucian Freud, David Hockney and Noël Coward. In the 60s, in New York, he encountered Dorothy Parker, Cole Porter, Andy Warhol, Jack Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe while working at Vogue and Show magazines, before decamping to a ranch in Arizona to raise Arabian horses, when he wasn t commuting to Los Angeles to decorate for the stars. Back in England in the early 80s, he attended the wedding of his cousin Diana Spencer and designed for everyone from James Goldsmith to Bryan Ferry.

Haslam is a gifted and exuberant storyteller with an exacting eye for the telling detail. Redeeming Features is a fascinating look at our culture, a compelling and wholly singular document of our times.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0224089714
• ISBN 13: 9780224089715
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 348