Kate betts, the author of a new memoir, my paris dream. In my paris dream, kate betts shares a glorious, glamorous glimpse of 1980s europe written by adam rathe before she was a fashionmagazine titan and before she was an author writing critically acclaimed books on the first lady, kate betts was just another new college grad looking to find her place in the world. Before kate betts became, in the 1990s, one of the top editors at vogue and then editorinchief at harpers bazaar, she was a postcollegiate american in paris, learning the fashion ropes at womens w. My paris dream is kate betts second book, after everyday icon. A charming and insightful memoir about coming of age as a fashion journalist in 1980s paris, by formervogue and harpers bazaar editor kate betts, the author of everyday icon. A charming and insightful memoir about coming of age as a fashion journalist in 1980s paris, by former vogue and harpers bazaar editor kate betts. Kate was constantly trying to make vogue hipper and more current. In my paris dream, kate betts shares a glorious, glamorous glimpse of 1980s europe written by adam rathe before she was a fashionmagazine titan and before she was an author writing critically. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. She began her career at fairchild publications european office in paris. My paris dream is a charming and insightful memoir about coming of age as a fashion journalist in 1980s.
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Former editorinchief of harpers bazaar recalls her time in paris falling in love. The youngest person ever to serve as editor in chief of harpers bazaar, she was also the fashion news director at vogue and the paris bureau chief of womens wear daily. An amazing story of a young woman in paris trying to break into the fashion business as a journalist, my paris dream is a fun read. This is a memoir about a young college graduate who decides to uproot her comfortable, predictable american lifestyle and relocate to paris in order to pursue her dreams of becoming a journalist. Kate betts, onetime harpers bazaar editor, at home the new. As a young woman, kate betts nursed a dream of striking out on her. An education in style, slang, and seduction in the great city on.
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