Alexandra Shulman in conversation with Katy Hessel

About this event

We are so pleased to welcome Alexandra Shulman back to Daunt Books to discuss her brand new book Black Coffee & Red Lipstick . Black Coffee & Red Lipstick is a collection of thought-provoking essays that weave ideas about our domestic and daily life with thoughts on style and the way we present ourselves. It combines anecdotes and observations from Alexandra Shulman’s 25 years spent editing British Vogue 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. Alexandra left her job at Vogue 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? These engaging essays range over a wide variety of topics – we can expect to hear about friendship, siblings, gardening as well as grey hair – all explored with Alexandra’s characteristic wit and incisiveness. Alexandra Shulman is a writer and commentator. She was British Vogue’s Editor-in-Chief from 1992 to 2017 and was awarded the CBE in the 2018 New Year’s Honours list. She is currently a columnist for the Mail on Sunday, a contributor to a variety of newspapers and magazines and a Vice President of the London Library. She is the author of Clothes and Other Things That Matter and Inside Vogue: The Diary of My 100th Year . Katy Hessel interviews Alexandra. Katy Hessel is an art historian and author of The Story of Art without Men , a Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller; How To Live An Artful Life featuring a quote by an artist or writer for every day of the year; and The Story of Art without Men: An illustrated guide to amazing women artists , her first children’s book. She has run @thegreatwomenartists, an Instagram account that has celebrated women artists since 2015, and writes a regular column for The Guardian. Ticket price includes a glass of wine or soft drink.