No Darling it's Called Bad Organisation - signed

An immensely enjoyable memoir spanning six decades, through wartime, the recovering 50's, the fashion world in the 60's and various successful ventures from the 70's through to present time. The book is so real you will feel you were there too. Overcoming her acute shyness Wendy discovers an inner strength within herself and becomes an internationally famous mannequin at the age of 17. She is wined and dined by the world's rich and famous. She even finds time to steal Ava Gardner's boyfriend! At the age of 22 she opens one of the first boutiques in London called Harriet. The stars and the debutantes flocked to have clothes designed by her, stars like Julie Christie, Sandy Shaw, Twiggy and Bianca Jagger. Three years later Harriet moves into wholesale 'rag trade' and huge sales around the world followed, with orders from Harrods, Harvey Nichols, Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdales and even Mary Quant for her Bazaar shops! Moving on to a new venture, Secrets Health and Beauty Salon, Wendy made lots of money with hilarious consequences. Vera Lynn, Silvia Syms, Isla Blair and the whole cast of Tenko. Many BBC stars were clients but their names remain a Secret! Then, as an interior designer, she acquired many incredible clients including The Merck family, Tom Cruise, manor houses around Wiltshire and Gloucestershire and several Arab Sheiks and their Palaces. Sketches of curtains for those clients turns into a huge business and a year later Wendy 'self publishes' her first book called The Curtain Sketchbook which sold millions around the world. Five more books followed. She was also commissioned to write 2 books for well-known publishers. Wendy: "You see it's not necessary to be a household name to write such a long memoir you just need to live a long time!"

Wendy was born rather a long time ago. She was not very clever and at school her only achievement was winning several cups for gymnastics, swimming and netball. She was also a creative artist, she shone at this subject and at the age of 13 she designed a hat collection. Something that lead her up a certain path years later. She was not very pretty and had zero confidence along with a stutter. Nobody expected much of her, she was expected to become a Secretary, get married and have babies. That was it. Wendy's mother believed she had a very special daughter, so she pushed her to accomplish far more. Wendy never wanted to let her down so she to pushed herself to her limits. She did, in fact, make her mother happy as she achieved far more than either of them had ever dreamt. Wendy had determination. She went to business college at 15 and loved the business world, and that, later in her life, led her to open several successful companies. At 16 she started work at UMP a small film company. She was sacked 3 days later! A well-known news broadcaster, Frank Phillips, at the film company introduced her to Lucy Clayton, a modelling school, where she learnt to swirl around a catwalk. Within a few weeks she was discovered and her career as a mannequin took off. She travelled the world, wined and dined in Paris with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and soon became one of the most sought after mannequins in Europe. She fell in love with Rome and a Roman, but they never married. By the time she was 22 she had had enough of twirling and 'hung up her eyelashes.' This was the 60's and Wendy, who had always been interested in designing clothes, opened one of the first boutiques in London. She designed collections for all the debutants and the stars at the time. Like Sandy Shaw, Julie Christie, along with Warren Beatty, Bianca Jagger, Edina Ronay, and the great cook Fanny Craddock. She danced on the tables at the AD LIB club with John Lennon and Vidal Sassoon. The stories from this part of her life are quite unbelievable.....The boutique was called Harriet and after 2 years Wendy moved to the real 'rag trade' supplying Harrods, Simpsons, Harvey Nichols, Bloomingdales and Bonwitt Teller in USA and around the world. When Wendy was 29 she had a beautiful baby called Sarah and closed Harriet to spend more time with her daughter. After a while, when Sarah was at Nursery school, her mother took over, Wendy opened a beauty Salon with her best friend Jean and together they were always in the news. The Salon as so busy that you had to book weeks in advance to get any appointment. We loved our lovely clients like Vera Lynn, Silvia Syms, and many more, but the name of the Salon was called Secrets, so some of their names stayed a secret! The next adventure came when she decided to become an interior designer, the latest fad in the 80's. In her new book, Wendy will share some of the funny stories associated with this new career. Her clients were wealthy and there was always some drama in the air. Tom Cruise was one of her clients, and many came from far and wide, she worked with several Sheiks and their palaces. During her work as an interior designer she started to sketch ideas for window treatments and with the help of her dear friend Chrissie they produced a series of books called THE CURTAIN SKETCHBOOKS. The demand was so great that the company, Shoestring Books, sold half a million copies first off and this grew and grew. No publisher believed in it as there were no words! They all regretted missing out. At last Wendy has decided to write her memoir so you can share in her remarkable story.