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Imogen Edwards-Jones

Fashion Babylon Paperback – February 5, 2008

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CAUTION: Reading this book will forever change the way you peruse the racks at Bergdorf's or flip through the pages of Vogue.

Taking the reader through six months in a designer's life, Fashion Babylon follows an anonymous A-list British fashion designer looking to break out across the pond. Structured around three of the annual "must" industry events, this irresistible work of reportage goes inside the well-cut seams of the fashion world, where women are paid tens of thousands of dollars for simply getting dressed and where a wrong skirt length can cost you your career. You'll find out how a collection is put together -- from the objects of inspiration to the catwalk, into the shops and, hopefully, onto the cover of a magazine -- and learn who goes to the shows and where they sit...and whose backside they have to kiss to get there.

Witty, naughty and jam-packed with celebrity gossip, Fashion Babylon decodes the markups and the comedowns, the fabulous extremes and the shoddy shortcuts behind one of the most lucrative and secretive businesses in the world.

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"Fashion Babylon -- juiced with tabloid-ready true stories of oft-repeated rumors -- has supplanted The Devil Wears Prada as the fashionista's trashy read of choice." -- New York Post

"A controversial, deeply researched look at fashion's international 'process.' [Edwards-Jones's] coauthors, billed as 'Anonymous,' are an unnamed selection of stringers whom she has evidently taken out for dinner, plied with alcohol and guaranteed anonymity; a promise that she honours. Happily, they appear to have gone to town." -- Evening Standard (UK)

"The revelations...leave you rubbing your hands with glee. The incidents are real, the celebrities play themselves...and everything you ever suspected is true." -- The Telegraph (UK)

"A shocking, hilarious and uncensored look at what really goes on behind the scenes in the fashion industry. I could not put it down." -- Candace Bushnell

About the Author

Imogen Edwards-Jones is the coauthor of the internationally bestselling Hotel Babylon and the novel Tuscany for Beginners. She lives in London with her husband and their baby daughter.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Atria (February 5, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1416543198
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1416543190
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.33 x 1.1 x 8.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #3,421,450 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Imogen Edwards-Jones is the bestselling author of Hotel Babylon, Air Babylon and Fashion Babylon, as well as novels such as My Canape Hell and Shagpile. She lives in west London with her husband and their two children

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Eugene C. Wielepski

Fashion Babylon

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2009

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This story is a peak behind the scenes of the fashion industry. It mixes real events and people with fictionalized characters to make the story flow as smoothly as a Prada silk dress. Fashionistas will recognize every step on the story year.

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Good look into the fashion industry

Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2015

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It was pretty good...dragged in a few parts but an interesting look into the fashion world. I really loved a few of Edwards-Jones other books, Hotel Babylon and Airline Babylon

This is a must read

Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2014

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Very accurate about the industry but don't follow the fashion tips in the book, because it is fairly old now.

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2012

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This book is directed more to the British market and was written before the fashion market became more popularized by Project Runway and all the downmarket attention. It is also written in a gossipy kind of style that seems dated too. Still I did learn some information about the fashion market and designers that I didn't know.

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Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2015

I read this book couple years ago and love it.

An Insiders Look at What We'll Never See

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2007

Written in novel form this is a insider look at the high fashion industry. And an industry it is. There's something very subtle that makes one simple little black dress cost $5,000 and one almost identical at WalMart that might be $50. And there's something that makes one girl get paid a small fortune for wearing that $5,000 dress down a runway while dozens of very similar looking girls are walking around outside in the WalMart dress merely walking to work. And strangely enough, that WalMart dress just may have been a $5,000 dress a very short time ago, walking down a runway in front of cameras that were waiting to send pictures to China, Korea or elsewhere.

The story here is partly credited to Anonymous, supposedly a top of the line designer in England, but one who has never quite made it across the Atlantic.

It's a fascinating look at an indistry, a lifestyle that most of us will never touch.

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Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2017

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Written in the typical Babylon fashion the stories is a laugh a minute.

Fabulously entertaining

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2009

I've read several books in the "Babylon" series, and found this book to be a very entertaining and interesting read.

As an aspiring fashion designer about to begin a college degree in Fashion, and assuming the information in the book is true, I found this read to be very informative. It offers insights on how the industry operates, how everyone in it interacts/does business/socializes, how a small fashion house runs, and how a collection is conceptualized, designed, created and put on the runway. It really paints an excellent picture of what a designer must do to create a successful collection and maintain a successful label while offering funny celebrity and fashion gossip.

True or not, it's still an entertaining read, especially to those who love fashion.

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Diana

Must read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 14, 2019

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Great read, very interesting, eye opener, educating

Andrew M Clarke

Restaurant Babylon was best! (5 stars) Then Hotel Babylon

Reviewed in Canada on February 22, 2016

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Restaurant Babylon was best! (5 stars)
Then Hotel Babylon!
Airline Babylon.
This one is in fourth place.

Cecilia

Das Buch lese ich zum 2. Mal :)

Reviewed in Germany on July 21, 2016

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Tolles Buch (Achtung: ist auf Englisch). Würde ich jedem empfehlen, der die Modebranche interessant findet und möchte ein paar Insider Geschichten wissen.

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New Angel

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 31, 2014

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Brilliant look at the fashion world - recommended

Billy

The Fashion Industry Is One Extreme Experience...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 2, 2020

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As a Fan of the "Babylon Series" I have them all.
I have just very recently concluded *Wedding Babylon* which I enjoyed but only gave my first ever 4-Star Rating for a *Babylon Book*.

Fashion Babylon will also now be my 2nd one for 4-Stars only.

Its not that I didn't enjoy it, on the contrary I am amazed by how much Drug Taking is deemed normal behaviour when it comes to the Fashion Industry, quite the eye opener indeed!
For me this simply isn't an Industry I have been clamouring to dive into anytime soon.

The Designers named are all the legends we know but all the gossipy stories included we didn't know.
What does it take to pull off a hit collection?

Turns out selling your soul to make it in Fashion is the ultimate price.

Another entertaining entry from Imogen, not sure when I will read this one again but I am glad I did anyway.

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