Alexandra Shulman – Black Coffee and Red Lipstick
20th October @ 16:00 – 17:00
Weaving ideas about our domestic and daily life with thoughts on style and the way we
present ourselves, Alexandra Shulman combines anecdotes and observations from 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?
From her quest for the perfect eyeliner, to why picnics are so delightful and our hair matters, friendship,
siblings, gardening and grey hair will be explored with Alexandra’s characteristic wit
and incisiveness.
Alexandra Shulman 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 has written two novels, Can We Still Be Friends (2012) and The Parrots (2015) and Inside Vogue: The Diary of My 100th Year (2016).
Tickets £14.00 (£10.00 Students)
