Shopping, Seduction & Mr Selfridge
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Shopping, Seduction & Mr Selfridge by Lindy Woodhead
In 1909 London's first dedicated department store built from scratch opened in a glorious burst of publicity. In his eponymous store Selfridge created nothing less than 'the theatre of retail'. This book tells the story of a revolution in shopping and the rise and fall of a retail prince.
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 man ahead of his time, an accelerator of change, and he deserves to be remembered as the man who put the fun on to the shop floor and the sex appeal in to shopping. * Sunday Express *
Harry Selfridge revolutionised the way we shop...fascinating. * Daily Mail *
A fascinating biographical, as well as sociological, study * Independent on Sunday *
Lively... conveys the excitement of changes in fashion and technology in the late Edwardian era * Sunday Telegraph *
This biography - of Selfridge, of the early 20th century and of the legacy of consumerism they helped to create - serves as a fitting tribute as it approaches its 100th anniversary -- Katy Guest * Independent *
Fascinating -- Jackie McGlone * Scotsman *
A rich social history of a time of great change * Spectator Business *
A man ahead of his time, an accelerator of change, and he deserves to be remembered as the man who put the fun on to the shop floor and the sex appeal in to shopping. * Sunday Express *
Harry Selfridge revolutionised the way we shop...fascinating. * Daily Mail *
A fascinating biographical, as well as sociological, study * Independent on Sunday *
Lively... conveys the excitement of changes in fashion and technology in the late Edwardian era * Sunday Telegraph *
This biography - of Selfridge, of the early 20th century and of the legacy of consumerism they helped to create - serves as a fitting tribute as it approaches its 100th anniversary -- Katy Guest * Independent *
Fascinating -- Jackie McGlone * Scotsman *
A rich social history of a time of great change * Spectator Business *
Lindy Woodhead worked in international fashion public relations 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. Her first book, War Paint (Virago), a biography of Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden, was published in 2003. She is a regular contributor to The Spectator and The Times Saturday Magazine. A Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts, she is married with two sons and lives in southwest London and southwest France.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781861971692 |
| ISBN 10 | 1861971699 |
| Title | Shopping, Seduction & Mr Selfridge |
| Author | Lindy Woodhead |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2008-10-09 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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