Simon Doonan. Confessions of a Window Dresser

What kind of neurotic exhibitionist psychopathology made me choose a career cavorting around arranging merchandise and props in full view of the rest of humanity?" asks Simon Doonan, the creative genius behind the most anticipated, talked-about, and controversial window displays in the world: the windows at Barney´s New York. Involved in the cutting edge of fashion, design, and pop culture for twenty years, Doonan has collaborated with the biggest names in the fashion world – Lagerfield, Lacroix, and Armani – and worked with the most notorious names in the art world – Mapplethorpe, Rauschenberg, and La Chapelle. Doonan´s windows have been sometimes irreverent, yet always fearless and entertaining. The first ever popular exploration of the art of window dressing, Confessions of a Window Dresser is illustrated with glorious full color photographs of all Doonan´s most infamous “tableaux of contemporary life“. This sensational story and wickedly witty commentary (and gossip!) on the hottest trends and people is the ultimate celebration of life in fashion. With a laugh-out-loud text and more than 250 full color images of Doonan´s most famous and infamous tableaux, the book will intrigue not only the most dedicated fashion groupies but anyone interested in design, image and style.