A Visible Man
The Top 5 Sunday Times bestseller and BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week
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Publisher Description
* AS HEARD ON STEPHEN BARTLETT'S DIARY OF A CEO *
* THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK *
'I wish he could be editor of the world!' GRAHAM NORTON
'Courageously truthful' SALMAN RUSHDIE
'Inspiring and fascinating' BERNARDINE EVARISTO
Edward Enninful has lived an extraordinary life.
Here, for the first time, he shares the inspiring story of his journey, beginning in a childhood bedroom in Ghana overlooking firing squads, to arriving in 1990s London as an asylum seeker, to setting the cultural agenda as the first Black editor-in-chief of British Vogue. His covers have changed our understanding of beauty and desirability. Featuring exclusively African models, first responders, global activists and the oldest cover star at age 85, they have also broken sales records.
This is the story of how he did it.
A Visible Man is the story of a husband, son, brother, friend – and icon. Taking us from the neon thrills of Soho clubs to nights spent on friends' sofas, this is the story of Edward's phenomenal grit and determination: through fame and failures, joy and loss, ill health and addiction, heartbreak and coming out. It's the story of one man's revolutionary mission to change how we see the world, showing how unwavering passion and perseverance can allow anyone to make their mark.
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'Enjoy it. Share it.' IDRIS ELBA
'Inspirational . . . and it's not just for people in fashion' CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN
'One of the most inspirational books I've ever read' CHRIS EVANS
'Edward Enninful is a pioneer' ELIZABETH DAY
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
As the first Black, first male editor-in-chief of British Vogue, Edward Enninful has overseen a sensational overhaul of the magazine’s overwhelmingly white image—bringing diversity and fresh inspiration to the cover and pages of the UK’s fashion bible. In A Visible Man the Ghanaian-born creative director looks back on his remarkable career, exploring the ways in which he has shaped the fashion industry and how the fashion industry has shaped him in return. Enninful has blazed a trail for young Black creatives ever since he became the youngest-ever fashion director of i-D Magazine at the precocious age of 18, and he writes vividly of his hugely influential rise to the top of the fashion hierarchy, charting his milestones against the social, political and cultural climate of the times. Peppered through the dazzling accounts of glitz, glamour and encounters with the endless list of superstars Enninful calls friends are reflections on the equally heavy price of success—relationships sacrificed, health compromised, addictions battles and the relentless toll of an imposter syndrome that will be familiar to any Black person seeking deserved recognition in institutionally white environments. In sharing his story—mistakes and triumphs all—Enninful furthers his mission to break down barriers for his community, so that the generation that follows may more easily follow in his footsteps.
