Hollywood

by Eve Claxton, Domenico Dolce, Stefano Gabbana

Like pages from the personal photo album of Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana, Hollywood: Dolce & Gabbana brings to life the work of these two brilliant fashion designers. A scrapbook of the designers' creative lives, these pages offer an intimate glimpse into celebrities' personal and public interpretations of Dolce & Gabbana's art. Featuring photographs by some of the hottest fashion photographers of our time, both on the red carpet and in private sittings, and celebrities' personal itesm such as handwritten notes and lipstick blots on napkins, this book captures the unique, young and ever-evolving cutting edge style that is Dolce & Gabbana. It explores the designers' relationships with the beautiful people they dress, including Hollywood royalty such as Madonna and Demi Moore, Nicole Kidman, Isabella Rossellini, Susan Sarandon, Tina Turner, Gwyneth Paltrow and many others. A favorite for its fashion extremes, Dolce & Gabbana truly symbolizes both Hollywood glamour and urban style.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2003

About the author

I was born in London and moved to New York in 1995. After working as a freelance magazine writer — for Vogue U.S. and U.K., The Tatler, The Guardian and Time Out New York — I embarked on a career in nonfiction books. Since then, I've co-written or ghost-written seven books for major publishers on a range of subjects with an emphasis on memoirs, forgotten histories and women's lives. I regularly craft book proposals for authors.

My career in radio has involved producing pieces for the StoryCorps broadcast on NPR and for the organization's major funders (including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation). My radio work has also been featured on BBC Radio 4. I give talks and lead workshops on storytelling and I contribute articles about the arts and fashion to Porter magazine.

In everything I do, I love to collaborate and to help people to tell their stories and tell them well.