{"product_id":"black-coffee-and-red-lipstick","title":"Black Coffee and Red Lipstick","description":"\u003ci\u003ePraise for Alexandra Shulman:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Self-deprecating and stylish, this is sure to become a classic.' - \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlack Coffee and Red Lipstick 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt combines anecdotes and observations from Alexandra Shulman's 25 years spent editing British \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlexandra left her job at V\u003ci\u003eogue\u003c\/i\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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.","brand":"Octopus Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57260628181336,"sku":"9781846018107","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/black-coffee-and-red-lipstick","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}