The Knockoff
An outrageously stylish, wickedly funny novel of fashion in the digital age, The Knockoff is the story of Imogen Tate, editor in chief of Glossy magazine, who finds her twentysomething former assistant Eve Morton plotting to knock Imogen off her pedestal, take over her job, and reduce the magazine, famous for its lavish 768 page September issue, into an app.When Imogen returns to work at Glossy after six months away, she can barely recognize her own magazine Eve, fresh out of Harvard Business School, has fired the gray hairs, put the managing editor in a supply closet, stopped using the landlines, and hired a bevy of manicured and questionably attired underlings who text and tweet their way through meetings Imogen, darling of the fashion world, may have Alexander Wang and Diane von Furstenberg on speed dial, but she can t tell Facebook from Foursquare and once got her iPhone stuck in Japanese for two days Under Eve s reign, Glossy is rapidly becoming a digital sweatshop hackathons rage all night, girls who sleep get fired, and fun means mandatory, company wide coordinated dances to Beyonc Wildly out of her depth, Imogen faces a choice pack up her Smythson notebooks and quit, or channel her inner geek and take on Eve to save both the magazine and her career A glittering, uproarious, sharply drawn story filled with thinly veiled fashion personalities, The Knockoff is an insider s look at the ever changing world of fashion and a fabulous romp for our Internet addicted age. Download The Knockoff – kino-fada.fr This book was ridiculous and horrible I don t get for a second the rave reviews from others are they friends with the author Were they paid The premise itself was bizarre A 40 something who until recently had her emails printed out for her by her assistant Seriously 40 somethings are the GenX generation the generation that s been online from the beginning Also you ve got to be kidding me that someone gets to be editor of a major fashion publication without havingof a backbone This book was ridiculous and horrible I don t get for a second the rave reviews from others are they friends with the author Were they paid The premise itself was bizarre A 40 something who until r...You don t pick up People Magazine expecting the musings of Thoreau, and you don t expect the worker at the McDonald s drive thru window to pass you some organic kale Likewise, you wouldn t I hope pick up this book expecting muchthan fluffy, frivolous, fashion themed fun If your expectations remain thus reasonable, then this book delivers The book is like a really successful Forever 21 dress, one that s a great copy of a truly on trend style there s not much substance to it, and i You don t pick up People Magazine expecting the musings of Thoreau, and you don t expect the worker at the McDonald s drive thru window to pass you some organic kale Likewise, you wouldn t I hope pick up this book expecting muchthan fluffy, frivolous, fashion themed fun If your expectations remain thus reasonable, then this book delivers The book is like a really successful Forever 21 dress, one that s a great copy of a truly on trend...I ve had dinners with twentysomethings where the meal was delayed because they had to photograph the food first, and I ve been at events where I ve sat in silence surrounded by dozens of young people with their noses buried in smartphones Because of this generation gap, and because I still use hotmail and a Nokia that doesn t do Internet, I found the protagonist of this breezy chick lit novel charming Imogen is a forty something big time editor of a fashion magazine who understands the value o I ve had dinners with twentysomethings where the meal was delayed because they had to photograph the food first, and I ve been at events where I ve sat in silence surrounded by dozens of young people with their noses buried in smartphones Because of this generation gap, and because I still use hotmail and a Nokia that doesn t do Internet, I found the protagonist of this breezy chick lit novel charming Imogen is a forty something big time editor of a fashion magazine who u...WHAT THIS BOOK IS NOT 1 Great literature 2 Socially redeeming in any wayWHAT THIS BOOK IS 1 A lot of fun to read 2 Very satisfying to anyone with revenge fantasiesTechnology vs real life interaction is a major theme here, as is aging dinosaurs at 42, no less vs young upstarts in the business world The fashion industry in this case, but I work for a large corporation, and I saw comparisons even in my lowly status as a part timer.FAVORITE QUOTES FROM THIS BOOK Have we all become so des WHAT THIS BOOK IS NOT 1 Great literature 2 Socially redeeming in any wayWHAT THIS BOOK IS 1 A lot of fun to read 2 Very satisfying to anyone with revenge fantasiesTechnology vs real life interaction is a major theme here, as is aging dinosaurs at 42, no less vs young upstarts in the business world The fashion industry in this case, but ...Full disclosure I know Lucy well and have met Jo only once for five minutes This book is a must deep, fun, intense, never heavy handed it made me cry with laughter when I wasn t pondering its interesting takes on life and adulthood and the struggles of wo men within it You don t have to know anything about fashion to get the references and humor, and I guarantee that after reading this rollicking ride through the fashion world you will never look at a magazine spread the same way again I Full disclosure I know Lucy well and have met Jo only once for five minutes This book is a must deep, fun, intense, never heavy handed it made me cry with laughter when I wasn t pondering its interesting takes on life and adulthood and the strugg...I absolutely fell for Imogen Tate I m not a person who is into fashion, but the feeling of being overwhelmed, of being left behind can be universalespecially with women She had a beloved assistant, Eve, who left to go to Harvard Business School When Imogen returns from fighting breast cancer, she finds Eve has returned and that absolutely everything about her beloved magazine has changed Everything is online, there is no longer going to be a print version, and Eve undermines every single I absolutely fell for Imogen Tate I m not a person who is into fashion, but the feeling of being overwhelmed, of being left behind can be universalespecially with women She had a beloved assistant, Eve, who left to go to Harvard Business School When Imogen returns from fighting breast cancer, she finds Eve has returned and that absolutely everything about her beloved magazine has changed Everything is online, there is no longer going to be a print version, and Eve undermines every single decision that Imogen tries to make.Here s what I love about Imogen she s a career woman who prioritizes her family Yes, she has a nanny, but that nanny is also one of her best friends She treats everyone kindly, and gives the benefit of the doubt, at least until she can t She doesn t give up Glossy is her baby, she loves her job and she loves that magazine ...Yay, we finally have a book that not only kicks complete ass, but is totally up to date, and isn t another cliched romance or cafe related read.I absolutely loved this book It s current, it s sassy, it s funny, and it s extremely clever The plot is dynamite, the flow is fast and furious It s a book that had me wanting to climb into its pages in anger one minute and giggling the next It never stopped shocking and to be totally honest it s just far too cool.Heroine Imogen is a total sweetheart Yay, we finally have a book that not only kicks complete ass, but is totally up to date, and isn t another cliched romance or cafe related read.I absolutely loved this book It s current, it s sassy, it s funny, and it s extremely clever The plot is dynamite, the flow is fast and furious It s a book that had me wanting to climb into its pages in anger one minute and giggling the next It never stopped shocking and to be totally hon...It was fine I felt the character read a lot older than she was written I m 40, she is suppose to be 42, but I felt she readlike 72 I mean, who is in their 40s and here in 2015 which is when the book takes place and doesn t know how to use the Internet How would this woman, who is suppose to be EIC of a top fashion magazine have been in her position only a year e...Imogen Tate comes back to work as editor in chief of Glossy Magazine after a six month absence Having recovered from a health issue, Imogen is primed to get back where she left off except that the office she walks into is a completely different world Where once her trusted and experienced editors that Imogen hand picked stood, now there is a large group of twenty something women At the helm is Eve Morten, Imogen s former assisant Armed with a Harvard MBA and an attitude better suited for the Imogen Tate comes back to work as editor in chief of Glossy Magazine after a six month absence Having recovered from a health issue, Imogen is primed to get back where she left off except that the office she walks into is a ...I loved this book A modern take on the All About Eve story, it s the classic grasping young girl tries to take down her older and wiser mentor boss Imogen is the Editor in Chief of glossy magazine and comes back from medical leave to discover that her much loved fashion magazine has become a digital app and is mostly being run by her backstabbing one time assistant Eve After an initial tough time getting back in the new techie groove, Imogen puts her big girl panties on and learns to integrat I loved this book A modern take on the All About Eve story, it s the classic grasping young girl tries to take down her older and wiser mentor boss Imogen is the Editor in Chief of glossy magazine and comes back from medical leave to discover that her much loved fashion magazine has become a digital app and is mostly being run by her backstabbing one time assistant Eve After an initial tough time getting back in the new techie groove, Imogen puts her big girl panties on and learns to integrate her treasure trove of knowledge with the new digital world.I liked the fact that Imogen realized that she needed to make some changes to adapt to a changing world but that conventional wisdom could still have a place And, since All About Eve is one of my all time favorite movies, I enjoyed seeing her grow and triumph over rampant ageism and total disregard for history or manners There is even a l...
- 17 October 2018 Lucy Sykes
- Hardcover
- 338 pages
- 0385539584
- Lucy Sykes
- The Knockoff