Simon Doonan
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Simon Doonan (born 1953) is the creative director of the New York City-based clothing store, Barneys.[1]
English-born, he ascended to his post after joining the Barneys staff in 1986 as a window dresser. Previously, he worked as a window dresser in Los Angeles. He first exercised influence at the London store, [of Savile Row].
In addition to his work at Barneys, he has written a column on style for the New York Observer. [2]
In his latest book, Eccentric Glamour, he has decried porno chic in Western society in general. Interviewed for an article for the New York Daily News, he said, "There are two horribly worrying trends! Celebrities are becoming so gun-shy that there is no diversity, no sense of fun on the red carpet. There's no experimentation - which is incredibly important to fashion." On "porno chic," (the second trend) he said, "Imagine if you said to people 20 years ago that in 2008 a significant number of women would be going around dressing like porno stars with fake hooters and butt cracks showing? No one would have believed you." [3]
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Colin Bertram, New York Daily News, March 31, 2008 http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2008/03/31/2008-03-31_simon_doonan_of_barneys_wants_to_take_us-1.html
- ^ Colin Bertram, New York Daily News, March 31, 2008 http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2008/03/31/2008-03-31_simon_doonan_of_barneys_wants_to_take_us-1.html
- ^ Colin Bertram, New York Daily News, March 31, 2008 http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2008/03/31/2008-03-31_simon_doonan_of_barneys_wants_to_take_us-1.html
[edit] Bibliography
- memoir: Confessions of a Window Dresser: Tales from the Life of Fashion (2001) ISBN 0141003626
- Wacky Chicks: Life Lessons from Fearlessly Inappropriate and Fabulously Eccentric Women (2005) Simon & Schuster ISBN 0743257898
- Eccentric Glamour - Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You (2008) Simon & Schuster ISBN 1416535438
