Fashion climbing /

Growing up in a lace-curtain Irish suburb of Boston, secretly trying on his sister's dresses and spending his evenings after school in the city's chicest boutiques, Cunningham dreamed of a life dedicated to fashion. When he arrived in New York in 1948, he reveled in people-watching. He bec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cunningham, Bill, 1929-2016 (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, New York : Penguin Press, 2018.
Subjects:	Cunningham, Bill, > 1929-2016. Fashion designers > United States > Biography. Portrait photographers > United States > Biography. Millinery > United States > History > 20th century. Fashion photography > United States > History > 20th century. Couturiers (Créateurs de mode) > États-Unis > Biographies. Photographes portraitistes > États-Unis > Biographies. Chapellerie > États-Unis > Histoire. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Artists, Architects, Photographers. DESIGN > Fashion & Accessories. PHOTOGRAPHY > Subjects & Themes > Fashion. Cunningham, William J. Millinery > History > United States. Cunningham, Bill, > 1929-2016 Fashion designers. Millinery. Portrait photographers. United States. Autobiography Autobiographies. Biographies. History.

Table of Contents:

The doors of paradise
Becoming William J.
My first shop
A helmet covered in flowers
The luxury of freedom
Nona and Sophie
The Southampton shop
Fashion punch
The top of the ladder
On society
On taste
Laura Johnson's philosophy.