Seriously frothy: making fun of fashion.(some who are attempting to satirize the fashion industry include Lisa Armstrong in the book 'Front Row,' and Jay McInerney in 'Model Behavior')(Brief Article)

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Seriously frothy: making fun of fashion.(some who are attempting to satirize the fashion industry include Lisa Armstrong in the book 'Front Row,' and Jay McInerney in 'Model Behavior')(Brief Article)

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August 1, 1998 | Copyright

AS EVEN the least clothes-minded of readers will have noticed, the fashion world has for years practised a kind of self-reflexive satire that puts it safely beyond the reach of parody. How, say, do you out-Lagerfeld Karl Lagerfeld with his powdered ponytail, black shades and ever-fluttering fan? A sensible person would not try. Yet a surprising number of authors and directors who ought to know better are bringing out books or films touching the world of fashion that aim to mock the unmockable. Lisa Armstrong's ''Front Row'' (Hodder & Stoughton; K16.99) and Jay McInerney's ''Model Behaviour'' (Random House; $24) are already in the shops. In September comes Simon Doonan's autobiography, ''Confessions of a Window Dresser'' (Penguin), and in January there follows ''Glamorama'', a new novel from the brat-pack author of ''American Psycho'', Bret Easton Ellis, who claims to have haunted the fashion runways in the name of research. …

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