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Shopping, Seduction & Mr. Selfridge

By: Lindy Woodhead

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Shopping, Seduction & Mr. Selfridge

By: Lindy Woodhead

If you lived at Downton Abbey, you shopped at Selfridge’s. Harry Gordon Selfridge was a charismatic American who, in twenty-five years working at Marshall Field’s in Chicago, rose from lowly stockboy to a partner in the business which his visionary skills had helped to create. At the turn of the twentieth century he brought his own American dream to London’s Oxford Street where, in 1909, with a massive burst of publicity, Harry opened Selfridge’s, England’s first truly modern built-for-purpose department store. Designed to promote shopping as a sensual and pleasurable experience, six acres of floor space offered what he called “everything that enters into the affairs of daily life,” as well as thrilling new luxuries—from ice-cream soda to signature perfumes. This magical emporium also featured Otis elevators, a bank, a rooftop garden with an ice-skating rink, and a restaurant complete with orchestra—all catering to customers from Anna Pavlova to Noel Coward. The store was “a theatre, with the curtain going up at nine o’clock.” Yet the real drama happened off the shop floor, where Mr. Selfridge navigated an extravagant world of mistresses, opulent mansions, racehorses, and an insatiable addiction to gambling. While his gloriously iconic store still stands, the man himself would ultimately come crashing down. The true story that inspired the Masterpiece series on PBS • Mr. Selfridge is a co-production of ITV Studios and Masterpiece “Enthralling . . . [an] energetic and wonderfully detailed biography.”—London Evening Standard “Will change your view of shopping forever.”—Vogue (U.K.)

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0812985052

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Early Childhood Studies

By: Jane Johnston,Lindy Nahmad-Williams

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Early Childhood Studies

By: Jane Johnston,Lindy Nahmad-Williams

First published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Shopping, Seduction & Mr. Selfridge

By: Lindy Woodhead

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Midnight Mother

Mrs Meyrick - the Most Notorious Nightclub Owner in 1920s London

By: Lindy Woodhead

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Mrs Meyrick - the Most Notorious Nightclub Owner in 1920s London

By: Lindy Woodhead

From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller, SHOPPING, SEDUCTION & MR SELFRIDGE, comes MIDNIGHT MOTHER: the true story of Kate Meyrick - the most notorious nightclub owner in 1920s London. Evenings in 1920s Soho would find the era's most famous, influential and intriguing personalities heading to Gerrard Street. Their destination was the capital's most notorious late-night joint: Kate 'Ma' Meyrick's nightclub, the '43'. At a Kate Meyrick establishment - all flaunting Britain's absurdly restrictive licensing laws - members were guaranteed a fast, furious and fun night's entertainment. They could illegally drink into the small hours, hear some of the best music in town and foxtrot with the most fleet-footed, fabulously attractive hostesses in London. Proprietor, Kate, had seized the apocalyptic post-war years to forge a daring life outside the stultifying confines of a bitterly unhappy marriage. Yet she famously took her customers - many of them the typically lost souls of the jazz-age - under her motherly wing. Stars such as Rudolph Valentino and Tallulah Bankhead danced the night away next to the cream of moneyed high society. Champion sportsmen, high-stakes gamblers and millionaire fraudsters flocked to Kate's clubs - the '43', the Manhattan and the Silver Slipper amongst them. All life was here and their stories and scandals fill the pages of Midnight Mother. Nonetheless, as Kate's success grew, her burgeoning empire was soon viewed by the establishment, the church, the right-wing inflammatory press and many contemporary commentators as indicative of frightening social upheaval, rippling with decadence and drugs. For many revelers, the anticipation of a police raid made their night even more thrilling. For the corrupt policeman heading up Soho's Vice Squad, it meant a tidy sum stashed away in bribes offered to 'look the other way'. For Mrs Meyrick, it meant a decade during which the authorities sent her to Holloway no less than five times. But Kate didn't care. The notoriety that came with each arrest was good for business. A fabulous storyteller, bestseller Lindy Woodhead brings Kate Meyrick and many of the customers who crossed her threshold to wonderfully vivid life. Against the backdrop of a country recovering from the horrific consequences of the Great War, Midnight Mother goes behind the popular façade of 1920s' fast-living, frivolous partying to explore the darker side of the tormented generation who 'danced to forget'.

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Hutchinson

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0091954002

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9780091954000

Pan Selfridge

By: Lindy Woodhead

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Pan Selfridge

By: Lindy Woodhead

Kniha, která se stala inspirací úspěšného televizního seriálu Pan SelfridgeŽivot zakladatele známého obchodního domu Selfridges, který revolučním způsobem ovlivnil i naše nakupování, byl plný přepychu, krásných žen a hazardu. Harry Gordon Selfridge byl však také vizionář, který se podílel na zrodu moderní reklamy a koncepce dnešních obchodních domů. Rozpoznal potenciál konfekce a prosadil prodej dámské kosmetiky. Nezajímal se ale jen o módu a obchod, dokázal vždy vyhmátnout a podpořit všechno nové a progresivní, co doba přinášela. Především ale dovedl odhadnout, po čem ženy touží, a nabídnout jim to.Nechejte se svést!Lindy Woodhead věnovala dvacet pět roků svého života práci v módním průmyslu jako odbornice pro styk s veřejností, spolu s manželem Colinem založili PR agenturu. Koncem osmdesátých let minulého století se dostala jako první žena vůbec do představenstva Harvey Nichols’. S příchodem nového tisíciletí se ve věku padesáti let rozhodla od základů změnit svou profesní dráhu a stát se spisovatelkou. Její první kniha, War Paint: Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden – Their Lives, Their Times, Their Rivalry vyšla v roce 2003. Svůj zájem o svět módy a obchodu využila i při psaní knihy Pan Selfridge (Shopping, Seduction & Mr Selfridge), kterou vydala v roce 2007. Jejím nejnovějším dílem je Midnight Mother: Mrs Meyrick – The Most Notorious Nightclub Owner in 1920s London z roku 2014. Pravidelně přispívá do časopisů věnujících se životnímu stylu. S manželem mají dva syny a žijí střídavě v Londýně a v jihozápadní Francii.

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Motto

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8026707834

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Mr. Selfridge

Shopping e seduzione

By: Lindy Woodhead

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Mr. Selfridge

Shopping e seduzione

By: Lindy Woodhead

A Londra esisteva già Harrods, che aveva tra i suoi clienti affezionati Oscar Wilde. I profeti di sventura erano disposti a scommettere sull’insuccesso della fiammante cattedrale del commercio. Ma Selfridge aveva la strategia vincente: rendere lo shopping eccitante come il sesso. La sua vita, sullo sfondo del jet set angloamericano, è stata segnata dall’ambizione, dal glamour e dall’amore smodato per il lusso e il gioco d’azzardo. Lindy Woodhead la ricostruisce con lo stile frizzante e appassionato di un grande romanzo. Nella seconda metà dell’Ottocento da Parigi a New York, i grandi magazzini – i «Paradisi delle signore», come li chiamava Emile Zola – cambiarono per sempre il volto del commercio. Ma nessuno meglio di Harry Gordon Selfridge comprese che lo shopping non ha solo a che fare con la qualità o la bellezza dei prodotti: cercando di prevedere le necessità e di soddisfare il bisogno di stile e svago delle sue clienti, Selfridge riuscì a fare di esso un’esperienza completa, divertente, seducente, e intossicante. Partito come magazziniere, Selfridge divenne l’uomo più importante dei grandi magazzini Marshall Field di Chicago, facendone una Mecca per le appassionate degli acquisti. A cinquant’anni tagliò ogni legame con l’America, e a Londra riuscì a trasformare le sue visioni in una realtà che dura tuttora, contribuendo a fare di Oxford Street una delle vie dello shopping più celebri del mondo. «Un libro pieno di energia e magnificamente dettagliato.» Spectator Business «Una trascinante biografia che è anche un ritratto coinvolgente della società del tempo.» Independent on Sunday

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Vallardi

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8867316605

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9788867316601

Mr Selfridge

By: Lindy Woodhead

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Mr Selfridge

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El libro en el que se basa la serie de televisión. La fascinante historia del hombre que revolucionó nuestra forma de comprar, ahora convertida en una exitosa serie. En 1909 abrieron sus puertas en Oxford Street, en medio de una colosal campaña publicitaria, los grandes almacenes Selfridges, los primeros de Londres. Detrás de tan elegante fachada estaba Harry Gordon Selfridge, el gran genio estadounidense. Empresario inconformista y arriesgado, dandi y el mayor showman que ha conocido el mundo del comercio, la clave de su éxito fue despertar la seducción por las compras. Y así como crecieron su éxito y su fama, también lo hizo su estilo de vida: mansiones, yates, juegos de azar, caballos de carreras... y amantes. Desde el glamour de la Inglaterra eduardiana y los excesos embriagadores de los años veinte hasta hoy en día, los grandes almacenes Selfridges han sido un gran teatro que levanta el telón todas las mañanas a las nueve en punto. La crítica ha dicho... «Un fascinante estudio biográfico, y también sociológico.» The Guardian «Una descripción cautivadora de la moda, la política, la música y la danza, las artes, las ciencias de la publicidad y el uso de los medios de comunicación en las décadas anteriores a la Segunda Guerra Mundial.» London Evening Standard

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