ALL THAT GLITTERS

Denise L'Estrange-Corbet

Random House - $36.99

All, royalties from this book go to the Mental Health Foundation. What a most generous move by the author who has battled depression throughout her life.

This is a great read, a memoir about a feisty woman, her tough childhood, her fashion training in London, and the development of the fashion label WORLD with her husband Francis Hooper. She tells it how it is, candid, no holds barred, and it is a hugely entertaining story with dollops of both humour and sadness. She won a school at prize for writing and all these years later it is clear that skill is still with her.

Photos from her personal and professional lives make for added interest.

And with a great sense of timing the book is launched just before NZ Fashion Week gets underway where the opening show is the WORLD event. And be assured it will be an event!