'A wonderful fascinating fun collection of memories and stories. I have known Zandra for many
years and her passion for art shines now more than ever. We share the same sentiment: who
wants to live a life without colour music or laughter!' Dame Shirley Bassey Dame Zandra
Rhodes has spent her life rallying against what was expected of her both as a designer and a
woman. Often perceived as too bold for the mainstream she fought for creativity and
individuality and continues to achieve both in everything she does. In this insightful memoir
Zandra shares her life story for the first time. Told through a variety of mementos collected
over the years it is a vibrant account filled with rockstars and royalty of life-changing
friendships and poignant reflections on her personal triumphs and tragedies as well as the
fears sacrifices and pressures that come with being an era-defining designer. From a road
trip to Rome with Ossie Clark and Celia Birtwell to opening her first London store thanks to a
kind loan from Vanessa Redgrave while Joe Cocker sang With a Little Help From My Friends from
judging Andrew Logan's Alternative Miss World with David Hockney and Angie Bowie which was so
packed that even David Bowie couldn't get in to hanging out with Andy Warhol and Halston in
New York's Studio 54 from friendships with legends such as Karl Lagerfeld and Diana Vreeland
to designing for everyone from Freddie Mercury to Diana Ross from Princess Diana to Barbra
Streisand. Iconic gives the reader a sense of being right alongside Zandra through all the
highs and lows of her extraordinary life. Capturing the rich and unexpected life of a British
icon this memoir explores what it is to defy the norm. 'Zandra Rhodes has changed the course
of fashion history. She has always done things in her own spirit and timing. She has never kept
to the calendar.' Suzy Menkes OBE fashion journalist
