| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 339 pages, 32 unnumbered unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-320) and index. |
| Contents |
Supermodels for breakfast -- Nothing to do but look pretty -- Origins -- The most talented child ever born -- Great Neck -- The Bobbsey twins -- Young and beautiful -- Something mellifluous -- Model student -- Le meilleur moment de l'amour -- Jerry -- Stylist -- Agency -- New look -- Goddesses and masterpieces -- Model types -- Scouts and bookers -- Ideal for entertaining -- Shoes under the bed -- Bonjour, Paris! -- Celebrity models -- In the eye of the beholder -- Youthquake 1965 -- Rivalries -- Breakfast at Seventy-eighth Street -- The panorama -- Model wars -- The Ford empire strikes back -- Cover girls -- Sex and drugs and supermodels -- Hopping like bedbugs -- Full circle -- Beauty business -- Appendix. Top Ford models. |
| Summary |
Describes the woman responsible for one of the world's most successful modeling agencies, depicting her as a sharp business woman with an eye for talent who was not afraid to stick to her standards in order to build her empire. |
| Subject |
Ford, Eileen.
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Modeling agencies.
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Fashion.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780062108074 (hardcover) |
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0062108077 (hardcover) |
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