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Simon Doonan

Simon Doonan
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Simon Doonan

Simon Doonan is the bestselling author of Wacky Chicks and Confessions of a Window Dresser. In addition to his role as creative director of Barneys New York, Simon writes the "Simon Says" column for The New York Observer. He frequently contributes observations and opinions to myriad other publications and television shows. He is a regular commentator on VH1, the Trio network, and Full Frontal Fashion. He lives in New York City with his partner, Jonathan Adler, and his Norwich terrier, Liberace.

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Brightcove:
Meet Simon Doonan
Jun 27, 2009
Excerpt:
Introduction from Beautiful People
Jun 20, 2009
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Beautiful People
May 08, 2009
Apr 30, 2009
Nasty is now available in Trade Paperback
Apr 14, 2009
Eccentric Glamour is now available in Trade Paperback
Apr 14, 2009
Eccentric Glamour will be released on April 14, 2009 in Trade Paperback
Apr 14, 2009
Eccentric Glamour is now available in Trade Paperback
Apr 14, 2009
Beautiful People will be released on April 14, 2009 in Trade Paperback
Apr 14, 2009
Beautiful People is now available in Trade Paperback
Apr 14, 2009
Beautiful People will be released on April 14, 2009 in eBook
Apr 14, 2009
Beautiful People is now available in eBook
Apr 14, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Beautiful People
Mar 22, 2009
Eccentric Glamour will be released on April 14, 2009 in Trade Paperback
Dec 19, 2008
Nasty will be released on April 14, 2009 in Trade Paperback
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International Design Times, April 17, 2013
...on Amazon yet, so there's no telling what kind of sartorial mishaps an adventures Medine gets into. Simon Doonan loved it, though, and that should be enough for anyone. "Leandra is doomed to be stylish and groovy and hilarious for the rest of her life,"...
In Style, March 28, 2013
...Simon Doonan, the creative ambassador for Barneys New York, is one of fashion’s most outspoken (and hilarious) voices. (Doonan is so funny that Alexander Wang even chose him to star...
Fashionista, February 20, 2013
...Sharon’s work because I think she captures something very unique about fashion,” explained Barneys’s creative ambassador-at-large Simon Doonan, “Because she comes from an outsider’s perspective she sees it for the quirky idiosyncratic circus...
WWD.com, February 20, 2013
...right in the middle of fashion." The designer, who was playing cohost for the evening along with Simon Doonan and Diane von Furstenberg, was referring to Sharon Socol, whose tome "Plus One: An Outsider’s Photographic Journey Into the World of Fashion"...
Blogcritics.org, January 31, 2013
...ends with a list of interesting facts about the interviewee (window display designer and all around "fabulous" personality Simon Doonan married his partner in 2008) and a list of facts about the interviewee's area of achievement (wealthy Babylonians...
Melbourne Age, December 28, 2012
...reap untold benefits: money, fame, women, and a level of insecurity that cannot be measured by modern technology.'' Simon Doonan picks The Things I Love by Liberace, a heroic figure for him: ''Go for it. Life is short. Why shouldn't you have rhinestones...
Standard Examiner, December 16, 2012
...three volumes of “The Lord of the Rings” as well as “Watership Down.” Barneys New York creative ambassador Simon Doonan loves that great sex-and- shopping novel “Scruples” by Judith Krantz. Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust reads Faulkner...
LUUUX, January 14, 2013
...including both low-cost fashion brand, but also some of the best brands.Barneys department store's creative director Simon Doonan in "WWD" magazine interview said: Christian Louboutin shoes like the new kid in town circus, is a kind of irreplaceable...
Los Angeles Times, January 11, 2013
...fact that two of the top three are from Southern California? "L.A. is kicking!" Von Furstenberg says. Simon Doonan, creative ambassador for Barneys New York, where Meyer's jewelry is most extensively featured, says her West Coast heritage is a part, but...
LUUUX, January 11, 2013
...including both low-cost fashion brand, but also some of the best brands.Barneys department store's creative director Simon Doonan in "WWD" magazine interview said: Christian Louboutin shoes like the new kid in town circus, is a kind of irreplaceable...
Display & Design Ideas, January 8, 2013
...the prior winners. Past winners include: Ignaz Gorischek, Tony Mancini, Judy Bell, James Mansour, Linda Fargo, Chuck Luckenbill, Simon Doonan, Christine Belich, James Damian, Michael Cape, Alfredo Paredes, Ralph Pucci, Tom Beebe, Denny Gerdeman and Eric...
Canadian House & Home, January 4, 2013
...for a surprise of colour that elevates drawer fronts. An irreverent homage to Hermès from stylish power couple Simon Doonan (of Barney's windows fame) and housewares designer Jonathan Adler. The gold fixtures are exquisite, but anyone can copy the...
Paper City, January 4, 2013
...she lived in Dallas, New Orleans and New York %26mdash; where she worked at Barneys under creative director Simon Doonan and art director Susie Jones %26mdash; before settling down in Houston. She%26rsquo;s married to lawyer Steve Putman, with whom she...
Hunter Valley News, December 28, 2012
...reap untold benefits: money, fame, women, and a level of insecurity that cannot be measured by modern technology.'' Simon Doonan picks The Things I Love by Liberace, a heroic figure for him: ''Go for it. Life is short. Why shouldn't you have...