Star Shiner

Memoir of a Celebrity Make-Up Artist

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

The Star Shiner poses the question: Can a young man from a small rural Kentucky town--fleeing a domineering mother and an abusive, alcoholic father--find recognition and happiness in New York city, working with the high-powered fashion and cosmetic industries, and with some of the world's most famous people--without losing his values and his soul?After a notable career in fashion illustration and modeling in Paris, Richardson becomes a makeup artist, working with Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, and photographers Richard Avedon, Irving Penn and Frecesco Scavullo. The book is more than a celebrity memoir in that it is particularly a narrative of the '70s into the '90s, a time in New York's history of financial difficulties and corruption.This was the golden era of fashion and cosmetics when Vogue editor-in-chief Diana Vreeland, Charles Revson and Estee Lauder, the king and queen of cosmetics and Avedon, Penn and Scavullo ruled the industries. The reader is taken into wild nights at Studio 54 and into New York's downtown after-hours dungeons, seething with sex, drugs and danger, where individuals are treated as sexual stepping stones.Then the party ended with the scourge of AIDS that took Richardson's partner and turned Richardson's life around with a spiritual awakening.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-05-23
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:435 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786470969

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Mer om författaren

The late Evan Richardson was a make-up artist, fashion illustrator, writer, composer and teacher. He lived in New York City.

Recensioner i media

“this engaging, cathartic memoir written by a pioneering fashion and makeup industry artist and cultural historian provides valuable insights into a life fully lived and a remarkable career”—Midwest Book Review; “Richardson’s memoir captures the personalities of the New York fashion scene in the later 20th century”—Beauty: the Guide; “Evan really captures the feel of the era!”—Liz Smith, NY Social Diary; “a lot of stellar juice.... Richardson does a bang-up job on the mise en scene of an era and people...a fascinating historical document”—Huff Post Entertainment; “the anecdote and reconstructed conversation-filled story of the author’s life in New York. An amalgam of one photo shoot after another, written in a chatty gossip fashion...some interesting behind the scenes views of models, stars, and others”—Communication Booknotes Quarterly.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface1. Coming to Town, Modeling in Paris2. Back to New York, Montgomery Clift, Fabergé3. A Naked Tallulah Bankhead, Vogue Calls4. Vreeland, Avedon and Life with Tallulah5. Lucille Ball; Tallulah Dies6. An Affair in L.A., Make-Up Competition7. Katharine Hepburn, Helen Hayes, Joan Sutherland and Bette Davis8. Bette Midler and No, No, Nanette9. Michael: The Young Man Who Would Change My Life Forever10. David Bowie and Gloria Vanderbilt11. Barbara Walters, Supermodels, the Bee Gees and Studio 5412. Gilda Radner, Muhammad Ali and Washington, D.C.13. AIDS Awareness, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Liza Minnelli and Love14. Liz Taylor and Me15. Julie Andrews, Johnny Carson, Frank Sinatra; Michael Dies of AIDS16. Rose Kennedy, Shirley MacLaine and Al-Anon17. Fear in the Streets, Drew Barrymore, Madonna; My Mother Dies18. The Funeral, Studio 54 Closes, the Wind Down19. Paul Newman, L.A. Revisited, the Kiss-Off20. Empty Pockets, Helen Gurley Brown’s Party, Finding MyselfIndex