From Publishers Weekly
A writer for Vogue, Menswear and Gentlemen's Quarterly, Moor knows the workings of the high-powered, trendy fashion business on which Ellis, who died of AIDS in 1986 at age 48, made an impress. He traces the designer's life through youth, apprenticeship and fame, discusses his fashion innovations and makes us privy to the stunning financial rewards possible in this highly competitive, cutthroat industry. But, it's the depiction of Ellis's personal life that holds the reader's interest: his relationship with his longtime lover Laughlin Barker, his decision to father a child, a daughter who was to prove a comfort to him during his dying days.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
More than a biography of a leading contemporary fashion designer, this is a coming-of-age story of a man who likely died of AIDS. The author's theme in interpreting the life of Perry Ellis (1940-1986) rests heavily on Ellis's sexual identity, and the epilogueone of the strongest components of the bookexamines current medical and popular understanding of the transmittal and effects of AIDS. Moor's study appears to be well researched and for the most part is very readable, though the text does suffer from repetitiveness and could have benefited from more fastidious editing. Further, Moor and his publisher owe an apology to the library profession for the reference to members of the Fairchild Library staff as "the girls." Sally R. Sims, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, Libs.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
