Black Coffee and Red Lipstick: Notes on living

<B>A new collection of thought-provoking and engaging memoir-based essays from columnist, commentator and <I>Sunday Times</I>-bestselling author, Alexandra Shulman, the longest serving Editor-in-Chief of British <I>Vogue</I>.</B><BR/><BR/><I>Praise for Alexandra Shulman:</I><BR/><BR/> “Self-deprecating and stylish, this is sure to become a classic.” - <I>Vanity Fair</I><BR/><BR/> “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<BR/><BR/><I>Roast Chicken and Red Lipstick</I> is a collection of essays that weave ideas about our domestic and daily life - hence the roast chicken - with thoughts on style and the way we present ourselves - hence the red lipstick.<BR/><BR/> It combines anecdotes and observations from Alexandra Shulman's 25 years spent editing British <I>Vogue</I> 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.<BR/><BR/> Alexandra left her job at V<I>ogue</I> 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 behavior that make us who we are?<BR/><BR/> The 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.