Isaac Mizrahi's book, "I.M.: A Memoir" is definite I'm a long-time reader of memoirs and have found there are two types. One is a "slash-and-burn tell-all"; mean, venal, and usually intended to get back at someone in the memoir-writer's life.4/5. · “I.M. is as generous a memoir as I can remember. Mizrahi lays bare his struggles with body image, insomnia, and relationships. He meditates on the fickle nature of the fashion industry and spills a little tea on his many celebrity friends. The book is like a classic Mizrahi design: joyful, colorful, and always with a twist of the unexpected.”. Isaac Mizrahi's book, "I.M.: A Memoir" is definitely the second type. Isaac Mizrahi is a noted clothing designer who has dazzled the fashion world with his work/5().
Book Review - I.M. A Memoir by Isaac Mizrahi Join us for March's Virtual Book Club discussing IM: A Memoir by Isaac Mizrahi! I'm co-hosting this event with Nena Ivon of nenasnotes. As always, you are welcome to join even if you haven't finished (or started!) the book. Pour yourself a gla. I.M. A Memoir By Isaac Mizrahi "I stuck out like a chubby gay thumb," reads an early line from this memoir by Isaac Mizrahi, one of America's most acclaimed designers of the s. Isaac Mizrahi is sui generis: designer, cabaret performer, talk-show host, a TV celebrity. Yet ever since he shot to fame in the late s, the private Isaac Mizrahi has remained under wraps. Until now. In I.M., Isaac Mizrahi offers a poignant, candid and touching look back on his life so far. Growing up gay in a sheltered Syrian Jewish.
“I.M. has everything! It’s colorful, hysterical, touching, bold, and heartbreaking. It’s about coming of age, creativity, being yourself, Jewish mothers, fashion, art, loss, and glamour. In his memoir, Mizrahi goes back to his childhood, reflecting on where he comes from and how he ended up in the fashion industry. His father, who was in the clothing industry, gave Mizrahi a sewing machine when he was just 10 years old. In looking back, there could not have been a better gift for him. Isaac Mizrahi's book, "I.M.: A Memoir" is definitely the second type. Isaac Mizrahi is a noted clothing designer who has dazzled the fashion world with his work.
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