Simon Doonan - You're Booked
This week we are giddy with excitement to welcome one of our longtime, beloved authors to the show: Simon Doonan. Writer, bon vivant, fashion icon and renowned TV judge - Simon's memoir Beautiful People was turned into an acclaimed BBC series, he's also the author of Eccentric Glamour, Gay Men Don't Get Fat, and many more. He's also a judge on the TV shows America's Next Top Model and Making It. His latest book is a biography of the artist Keith Haring. We talked to him about the wonders of retail, the glamour of James Bond, Iris Murdoch's fashion sense and Dawn Powell's alcoholic aquarium. More about Daisy's new podcast Daisy is Insatiable HERE.
BOOKS
Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable
Simon Doonan - Beautiful People
Simon Doonan - Eccentric Glamour
Simon Doonan - Keith Haring
Philip Norman - Jimi Hendrix: Wild Thing
Paul Trynka - Brian Jones
Keith Richards - Life
Luis Bunuel - My Last Breath
Keith Haring - Journals
JP Donleavy - Ginger Man
Ian Fleming - Goldfinger
Germaine Greer - Female Eunuch
Holly Madison - Down the Rabbit Hole
Judith Krantz - Scruples
Rona Jaffe - Best of Everything
Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls
Grace Metalious - Peyton Place
Craig Brown - Ma'am Darling
Craig Brown - One Two Three Four
David Bailey - Look Again
Viv Albertine - Clothes, Music, Boys
Cherie Currie - Neon Angel
Eve Babitz - Eve’s Hollywood
Brian Kellow - Can I Go Now: Sue Mengers
Sam Wasson - Big Goodbye: Chinatown
Robert Evans - Kid Stays in the Picture
Ira Levin - Rosemary’s Baby
Paul Mendez - Rainbow Milk
Iris Murdoch - Flight From the Enchanter
Judith Watt - Penguin Book of Fashion Writing
Patrick Dennis - Auntie Mame
Steve Martin - Shopgirl
Eve Babitz - Black Swans
Dawn Powell - Time To Be Born
Dawn Powell - Locust Have No King
Olivia Laing - Trip To Echo Spring
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