Gods and Kings

Within twelve months, Alexander McQueen had committed suicide, and John Galliano had professionally imploded. Who was to blame? How was fashion changed by their rise and fall? Dana Thomas tells the story of these two charismatic figures and times of great change in the world of fashion and reveals the machinations of this notoriously secretive industry.

Dana Thomas has written for The New York Times magazine, the New Yorker, WSJ, the Financial Times, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and was the European editor of Cond ast Portfolio. She is a contributing editor for T: The New York Times Style magazine, and the author of The New York Times bestseller, Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Lustre. She lives in Paris.