Katie Grand: A Girl Walks Into A Bar

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Influential, visionary, daring, cool: Katie Grand has been setting fashions agenda for close to twenty-five years. In fact, her career trajectory begs the question, Is there anything Grand cant do The gap-toothed former editor-in-chief of the era-defining English glossy LOVE, Grand has worked with and styled for the coolest brands and magazines of note ever since she studied at Londons Central Saint Martins alongside Giles Deacon and Stella McCartney. Marc Jacobs and Miuccia Prada count on the Dazed & Confused and Pop alum to work her runway magic season after season.

In this exceptional volume devoted to a career of singular moments that have redrawn the boundaries of style including pivotal editorials, magazine covers, advertising campaigns, runway, and private ephemera Katie Grand mines her rich past and tells us the story, in words and pictures, of her early rock-and-roll years at The Face and Pop to becoming a key player on the global fashion stage to championing what were to become some of the biggest names in fashion (Cara Delevingne and Kendall Jenner). She gives us behind-the-scenes access to the stories and scandals behind some of contemporary fashions most provocative photos.

Presiding over LOVE, one of the fashion industrys most influential titles, for more than ten years, Grand has become the most sought-after stylist in the industry, having worked on numerous campaigns for Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton, Balmain, Prada, Miu Miu, Giles Deacon, Bottega Veneta, and Jonathan Saunders among others. This book gives an inside view into Grands creative thought process and sensibility and will be a bible of empowerment for women of all ages and backgrounds to celebrate their own personal, idiosyncratic style.

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"Katie Grand is still one of the most in-demand stylists of todaydespite having a career that spans decades (shes also a noted favorite of this very magazine). In her first coffee table book, the former editor tells the story of her career, stretching back to her early rock n roll years at The Face and Pop magazines to championing what became some of the biggest names in fashion (including Cara Delevingne and Kendall Jenner)."W MAGAZINE

Author Bio

Katie Grand is the founding editor-in-chief and CEO of The Perfect Magazine, a brand new creative content agency. She was the founding editor-in-chief ofLOVE, a biannual publication she launched in February 2009 with Cond Nast International, for more than a decade. She is also contributing fashion creative director of W magazine. Prior to LOVE, Grand co-founded 90s fashion bible Dazed & Confused with Jefferson Hack and Rankin before becoming fashion director of the iconic British magazine The Face (1999) and subsequently launching Pop magazine (2000). Grand is alsoahighly regarded stylist and creative consultant, and a keycollaborator of designerMarc Jacobs, withwhomshe has worked for many years, including during his tenure as creative director of Louis Vuitton. Grand is the creative director of the womenswear, menswear, and beauty campaigns for Marc Jacobs. She styled her first Louis Vuitton campaign for the S/S 2003 season, designed by Jacobs,and hassubsequently styledseventeenLouis Vuitton womenswear shows and four menswear shows.Shehas also worked with a number of other major luxury brands, includingBottega Veneta, Prada, Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Giles, Jimmy Choo, Jonathan Saunders, and Sonia Rykiel. Grand hascontributedto publications includingArena Homme Plus, Visionaire, Vogue Nippon andHarpers Bazaar. Grand regularlycontributes toVogue Paris, Vogue Japan,Tatler, andInterview.