MEMO PAD: BORROWED MEMORIES...ISAAC ALL THE TIME.("How to Wear Black: Adventures on Fashion's Front Line"by Emily Davies)(Isaac Mizrahi to launch his lifestyle magazine)

From: WWD | Date: March 17, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Jeff Bercovici

BORROWED MEMORIES: Does the fashion industry have its very own James Frey in the making? Several New Yorkers quoted by name in the proposal for an upcoming memoir insist they've never met the author, Emily Davies, a former fashion writer for The Times of London. The book, "How to Wear Black: Adventures on Fashion's Front Line," recently fetched a reported $900,000 bid at auction. Simon & Schuster's Scribner division is set to publish the U.S. edition of the book, described as a cross between "The Devil Wears Prada" and "How to Lose Friends and Alienate ...

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