{"product_id":"black-coffee-and-red-lipstick-by-alexandra-shulman-9781846018107","title":"Black Coffee and Red Lipstick","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePraise for Alexandra Shulman:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Self-deprecating and stylish, this is sure to become a classic.' - \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Alexandra Shulman's style is unaffected, immediate and hilariously dry. She's brilliant at observing everyday feelings in a joy-sparking turn of phrase.' - Helena Bonham Carter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Coffee and Red Lipstick\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of essays that weave ideas about our domestic and daily life - hence the black coffee - with thoughts on style and the way we present ourselves - hence the red lipstick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt combines anecdotes and observations from Alexandra Shulman's 25 years spent editing British \u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e and her current life as a freelance writer and commentator. She draws on her experiences as a magazine editor but also a mother, daughter, sibling, girlfriend, housekeeper, and lover of shopping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlexandra left her job at \u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e in 2017 to embark on a different way of life and while this is in no way a book of self-discovery, it does touch on the question of things or patterns of behaviour that make us who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe essays will be a mixture of ideas from her quest for the perfect eyeliner, to why picnics are so delightful. How it is that men and women see different things in the home - is there male pattern blindness? - to why our hair matters so much to us. Friendship, siblings, gardening, and grey hair will also be explored with Alexandra's characteristic wit and incisiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47873967227116,"sku":"9781846018107","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781846018107-black-coffee-and-red-lipstick.jpg?v=1782981698","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/black-coffee-and-red-lipstick-by-alexandra-shulman-9781846018107","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}