Shopping, Seduction & Mr Selfridge
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Shopping, Seduction & Mr Selfridge by Lindy Woodhead
Zola called Selfridges a 'great cathedral of shopping', and its high priest was Harry Gordon Selfridge, father of modern retailing, philanderer, gamble dandy and the greatest showman the consumer world has ever known. The charismatic Selfridge had created nothing less than a lavish 'theatre of retail'.
In this energetic and wonderfully detailed biography, Lindy Woodhead.. provides an enthralling description of fashion, politics, music and dance, the arts, the sciences advertising and the use of the media, during the decades before the Second war. * Evening Standard *
A rich social history of a time of great change * Spectator Business *
A fascinating biographical, as well as sociological, study -- Independent on Sunday
A rich social history of a time of great change * Spectator Business *
A fascinating biographical, as well as sociological, study -- Independent on Sunday
Lindy Woodhead worked in international fashion for over twenty-five years. During the late 1980s she spent two years as the first woman on the board of directors of Harvey Nichols. Lindy retired from fashion in 2000 to concentrate on writing. She is the author of War Paint and Shopping, Seduction and Mr Selfridge. She is a regular contributor to the Spectator and The Times Saturday Magazine.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781250587 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781250588 |
| Title | Shopping, Seduction & Mr Selfridge |
| Author | Lindy Woodhead |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2012-12-20 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
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