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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 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.
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Review
"You could find yourself as Nicky Haslam's `plus one' at the swellest parties with his delicious memoir."
--Harpers Bazaar, Naomi West
This is a wonderfully entertaining memoir, gossipy, touching and tender, even if at times it verges on self-parody. --Literary Review
Nicky is featured as a `style hero' --Sunday Times
'Society gossip galore by the gadfly's gadfly' --Daily Mail
`this really rather wonderful book is about a life devoted to "Looking the part"' --Daily Telegraph
`Haslam is an intriguing man...[and] can write wonderfully well' --The Spectator
'the joy of this book comes from Nicky's undying joie de vivre'
--Indemepdent on Sunday
'gloriously entertaining' --Tatler
`Haslam writes evociatively and touchingly'
--TLS
It is... boisterously good company and proof that if Haslam knows one thing, it's that you can only get away with a life like his if you are never, ever boring. --Metro
Book Description
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.
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- PublisherJonathan Cape
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0224089714
- ISBN 13 9780224089715
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages348
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