I agree with most of the reviews on this book. It is a thoroughly enjoyable read and I recommend it highly.
As an archivist of Model History and Fashion History of the 50s-60s-70s, I was eagerly awaiting this book. I was also a young model and actress at in the late 60s and the 70s and I was there in New York, Paris, and Hollywood at the time of Carole Mallory's story. I remember seeing her pictures everywhere, billboards, beauty ads and the coveted cover of Cosmo. It was quite a coup to score the covers of The New Yorker, Life and People Magazine, too. It meant that far from being an anonymous face in a sea of beautiful iconic faces, the model became a personality with a name, known to people outside the modeling industry.
A story written in first person gives little opportunity for an author to describe her own looks, and certainly not in a superlative way, so let me do it here. Carole's appeal was universal. Her beauty opened doors and once inside she drank in the rarefied world of fame and fortune, a player and highly observant participant. Her figure was flawless, her face was stunning and her hair was thick and full. On the beaches of the Riviera men would stumble in the sand, whirling around to gape at her tall and tan in a bikini. All heads would turn as she entered a room always dressed with taste and style. All this was topped by a quick wit, an educated mind and an intrepid spirit which would have made her successful in any field.
Despite her good looks, Carol was not the least bit conceited and all too human. I was fascinated by the story of Claude Picasso and Paloma Picasso two people I had met in Paris. I enjoy the way Carole Mallory weaves the history of Picasso into the narrative and conversation and paints pictures of the of the anguish of his son. Her tale is poignant and intriguing.
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As an archivist of Model History and Fashion History of the 50s-60s-70s, I was eagerly awaiting this book. I was also a young model and actress at in the late 60s and the 70s and I was there in New York, Paris, and Hollywood at the time of Carole Mallory's story. I remember seeing her pictures everywhere, billboards, beauty ads and the coveted cover of Cosmo. It was quite a coup to score the covers of The New Yorker, Life and People Magazine, too. It meant that far from being an anonymous face in a sea of beautiful iconic faces, the model became a personality with a name, known to people outside the modeling industry.
A story written in first person gives little opportunity for an author to describe her own looks, and certainly not in a superlative way, so let me do it here. Carole's appeal was universal. Her beauty opened doors and once inside she drank in the rarefied world of fame and fortune, a player and highly observant participant. Her figure was flawless, her face was stunning and her hair was thick and full. On the beaches of the Riviera men would stumble in the sand, whirling around to gape at her tall and tan in a bikini. All heads would turn as she entered a room always dressed with taste and style. All this was topped by a quick wit, an educated mind and an intrepid spirit which would have made her successful in any field.
Despite her good looks, Carol was not the least bit conceited and all too human. I was fascinated by the story of Claude Picasso and Paloma Picasso two people I had met in Paris. I enjoy the way Carole Mallory weaves the history of Picasso into the narrative and conversation and paints pictures of the of the anguish of his son. Her tale is poignant and intriguing.
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