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From one of our culture's most important changemakers, a memoir of breaking barriers. When Edward Enninful became the first Black editor-in-chief of British Vogue, few in the world of fashion wanted to confront how it failed to represent the world we live in. But Edward, a champion of inclusion throughout his life, rapidly changed that. Now, whether it's putting first responders, octogenarians or civil rights activists on the cover of Vogue, or championing designers and photographers of colour, Edward Enninful has cemented his status as one of his world's most important changemakers. A Visible Man traces an astonishing journey into one of the world's most exclusive industries. Edward candidly shares how as a Black, gay, working-class refugee, he found in fashion not only a home, but the freedom to share with people the world as he saw it. Written with style, grace, and heart, A Visible Man shines a spotlight on the career of one of the greatest creative minds of our times. It is the story of a visionary who changed not only an industry, but how we understand beauty. The Top 5 Sunday Times bestseller and BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week
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"It would be misguided to pick up this memoir in search of scoops about Enninful's American Vogue counterparts."
"In the introduction to A Visible Man, the mid-career autobiography of Edward Enninful, the editor-in-chief of British Vogue, Enninful describes his work: 'I've always answered the question of what it means to create a magazine differently...to push harder, to dream bigger.' The rest of the book is his attempt to show what pushing harder and dreaming bigger has looked like in the thirty years since he started in fashion ..."
"Make it past the preface, notable for the number of names dropped in one particularly glitzy passage, and you'll find a text more intimate in tone and easier to relate to, emotionally at least ..."
"Expressive and forthright, Enninful's memoir is lush with visual storytelling and generous personal refrains, such as the author's deep work ethic and appreciation for powerful women, his battles with impostor syndrome and racism, and his embrace of change and commitment to lifting up fellow Black creatives at every opportunity."
"Enninful, like many fashionistas, does tend to lack perspective."
"Fashionistas and Vogue disciples will revel in this inside look at the fashion world and appreciate the author's frank anecdotes about familiar members of the glitterati, but anyone who reads Enninful's memoir will understand the importance of his professional and personal trajectory."
"In nimble prose that moves at a brisk clip, he recounts his dizzying rise from model to stylist, to writer ..."
"A Visible Man offers a keyhole glimpse at the anarchic international fashion scene of the 1980s and '90s."
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