{"product_id":"9780008598709","title":"Pat in the City : My Life of Fashion, Style and Breaking All the Rules","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the iconic stylist and fashion provocateur whose designs transformed culture �_\" bringing the glitz of Studio 54 and the sophistication of Sex and the City to the mainstream �_\" comes a playful yet intimate memoir of a life spent challenging conventions.                       Carrie Bradshaw�_Ts pairing of a tutu with a tank top is one of the most iconic outfits ever seen on television �_\" and a look that turned avant-garde New York designer and stylist Patricia Field into a household name. But before she was crowned the fairy godmother of haute couture, Field was the owner of the longtime East Village emporium Pat Field, a haven for drag queens, club kids, starving artists, NYU freshmen, and creative visionaries alike. Presiding over downtown with her distinctive vermillion hair and a constantly lit cigarette, Patricia was a rock �_Tn�_T roll den mother to everyone from Amanda Lepore to Lady Bunny to Patti Smith, with her store providing the city�_Ts eccentrics with a place to discover a sense of family, home, and a rhinestone bedazzled bustier or two.             In Pat in the City, Patricia describes her journey from scrappy Queens kid peddling men�_Ts pants to the fashion world�_Ts most notorious renegade. As the daughter of immigrant parents, Field learned the principles of glamour from her entrepreneurial mother, and applied her NYU lessons on democracy to inform a fashion ethos that would reach millions. From her Studio 54 disco-glam styling to her award-winning work in The Devil Wears Prada and Sex and the City to today�_Ts buzzy costuming in Emily in Paris, Field�_Ts inimitable styling has pushed the envelope and created trends that have become the culture standard. Now in her seventies, Patricia Field is ready to tell her story �_\" not to take a final bow, but to spread her credo of challenging convention and filling the world with joy and dancing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45459609845981,"sku":"9780008598709","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9780008598709.jpg?v=1719995924","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9780008598709","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}