In the first decade of the 21st century the fashion world was dominated by two very different but equally successful and turbulent figures. But, within twelve months, Alexander McQueen had committed suicide, and John Galliano had professionally imploded. Who was to blame? And how was fashion changed by their rise and fall? Spanning the 80s, 90s and noughties, Gods + Kings tells the story of these two charismatic figures and times of great change in the world of fashion, from London`s raucous art and club scene to the old-world glamour of Parisian couture, and reveals the machinations of this notoriously secretive industry.

Author:

Dana Thomas
Biography
Dana Thomas has been the cultural and fashion writer for Newsweek in Paris for twelve years. She has written about style for the New York Times Magazine since 1994, and has contributed to various publications including The New Yorker, Harper`s Bazaar, Vogue, the Los Angeles Times and the Financial Times in London. She is also the Paris correspondent for Australian Harper`s Bazaar.

She is a member of the Anglo-American Press Association in Paris and the Overseas Press Club. She taught journalism at The American University of Paris from 1996 to 1999. In 1987, she received the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation Scholarship and the Ellis Haller Award for Outstanding Achievement in Journalism. Dana lives in Paris with her husband Hervé d`Halluin and their six-year-old daughter Lucie Lee.