A Boy and his Bear
Author(s): Gregory Ladner
Gay Male & Bi Biography/Memoir
In this raw and hilarious memoir, a boy of humble beginnings in working-class Melbourne goes from dressing up his teddy to designing for Melbourne's high society.
Gregory Ladner lifts the lid on a world of gorgeous women, glamourous gowns and salacious secrets. It's a rags-to-riches story - without the rags! A Boy and His Bear tracks Ladner's career as an Australian couturier, an international designer working in Hong Kong, and a creator of a hugely successful fashion accessory company.
Beneath the glitz, it is also a highly entertaining mosaic of intimate and shocking confessions, both sensitive and brutal - a story of love, loss and social taboos in a society laced with contradictions.
Revealing in more ways than one, and illustrated by the author's own exquisite pen drawings, the colourful retrospective is a vivid, no-holds-barred reflection of a bygone era.
December 2022
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Heads & Tales
- : Hardie Grant
- : 01 October 2022
- : {"length"=>["9.213"], "width"=>["6.024"], "units"=>["Inches"]}
- : 01 October 2022
- : books
Special Fields
- : BM
- : 392
- : 746.92092
- : English
- : Paperback
- : Gregory Ladner