The secret diary of Vogue Editor-in-Chief Alexandra Shulman & the real story behind the BBC ABSOLUTELY FASHION documentary& One of the great social diaries of our time should become a classic& Sunday Times& Eye-popping brilliantly candid& Evening Standard What a year for Vogue! Alexandra Shulman reveals the emotional & logistical minefield of producing the 100th anniversary issue (that Duchess of Cambridge cover surprise) organizing the star-studded Vogue 100 Gala working with designers from Victoria Beckham to Karl Lagerfeld & contributors from David Bailey to Alexa Chung All under the continual scrutiny of a television documentary crew But narrowly-contained domestic chaos hovers
- spontaneous combustion in the kitchen a temperamental boiler & having to send bin day reminders all the way from Milan fashion week For anyone who wants to know what the life of a fashion magazine editor is really like or for any woman who loves her job this is a rich honest & sharply observed account of a year lived at the centre of British fashion & culture