- Simon Doonan
Simon Doonan (born 1953) is the creative director of the
New York City -basedclothing store,Barneys .Colin Bertram, "New York Daily News ," March 31, 2008 http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2008/03/31/2008-03-31_simon_doonan_of_barneys_wants_to_take_us-1.html]English-born, he ascended to his post after joining the Barneys staff in 1986 as a window dresser. Previously, he worked as a window dresser in Los Angeles. He first exercised influence at the London store Nutters of Savile Row.
In addition to his work at Barneys, he has written a
column onstyle for the "New York Observer ."In his latest book, "Eccentric Glamour," he has decried
porno chic in Western society in general. Interviewed for an article for the "New York Daily News ," he said, "There are two horribly worrying trends! Celebrities are becoming so gun-shy that there is no diversity, no sense of fun on the red carpet. There's no experimentation - which is incredibly important to fashion." On "porno chic," (the second trend) he said, "Imagine if you said to people 20 years ago that in 2008 a significant number of women would be going around dressing like porno stars with fake hooters and butt cracks showing? No one would have believed you."Appearances
Simon has made appearances on
VH1 's "I Love the " series, offering social commentary on each decade. [ [http://www.tv.com/simon-doonan/person/303891/summary.html Simon Doonan - TV.com ] ]Simon Doonan has also been a guest star on
America's Next Top Model season 2 and 5 to teach the models about style.He was recently married to his partner of 14-years, Jonathan Adler in California, September 2008.
Doonan's memoir "Beautiful People" has been adapted for TV and began airing on
BBC Two in the UK on 2 October 2008.ee also
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Saville Row
*Jonathan Adler Notes
Bibliography
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memoir : "Confessions of a Window Dresser: Tales from the Life of Fashion" (2001) ISBN 0141003626
*"Wacky Chicks: Life Lessons from Fearlessly Inappropriate and Fabulously Eccentric Women" (2005) Simon & Schuster ISBN 0743257898
*"Beautiful People" (also published as "Nasty: My Family And Other Glamorous Varmints") (2005) ISBN 9780007269549
*"Eccentric Glamour - Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You" (2008) Simon & Schuster ISBN 1416535438
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