Publisher's Synopsis
From the catwalks of Paris to the sweatshops of South Korea, and from Seventh Avenue glitz to Tokyo new-wave, this is a portrait of the jet-setting matrons who are the gurus and tyrants of the fashion press; of personalities such as Paloma Picasso and Tina Chow; of the store buyers who command $700 million a season. It probes the world of the designer billionaires like Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein and Yves St Laurent, whose fashion empires are wealthier than entire Third World countries.;Nicholas Coleridge's other books include "Around the World in 78 Days", the novel "Shooting the Stars", and "How I Met My Wife", a collection of short stories.
