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Fashion climbing : a memoir with photographs / Bill Cunningham ; preface by Hilton Als.

Cunningham, Bill, 1929-2016 (author.). Als, Hilton, (writer of preface.).

Summary:

Fashion Climbing is the story of a young man striving to be the person he was born to be: a true original. But although he was one of the city's most recognized and treasured figures, Bill was also one of its most guarded. Written with his infectious joy and one-of-a-kind voice, this memoir was polished, neatly typewritten, and safely stored away in his lifetime. He held off on sharing it--and himself--until his passing. Between these covers, is an education in style, an effervescent tale of a bohemian world as it once was, and a final gift to the readers of one of New York's great characters.

Record details

ISBN: 0525558705
ISBN: 9780525558705
Physical Description: xii, 237 pages : illustrations; 20 cm
Edition: Hardback edition.
Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2018.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

The doors of paradise -- Becoming William J. -- My first shop -- A helmet covered in flowers -- The luxury of freedom -- Nona and Sophie -- The Southampton shop -- Fashion punch -- The top of the ladder -- On society -- On taste -- Laura Johnson's philosophy.