Dead Fashion Girl - (Strange Attractor Press) by Fred Vermorel (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A crime and a six-decade cover-up: the death of a fashion designer in the cesspit of vice and violence that was 1950s London.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A crime and a six-decade cover-up: the death of a fashion designer in the cesspit of vice and violence that was 1950s London.</b><p>In 1954, Jean Mary Townsend was strangled with her own scarf and stripped of her underwear but not sexually assaulted. The subsequent police investigation was bungled, leading to a six-decade cover-up, ensuring that this twenty-one-year-old fashion designer was effectively killed twice: first bodily, and then as her significance and her memory were erased. Fred Vermorel's forensic, troubling (and trouble-making) investigation digs deep into Jean Townsend's life and times, and her transgressive bohemian milieu. It disentangles the lies and bluffs that have obscured this puzzling case for over half a century and offers a compelling solution to her murder and the official secrecy surrounding it. </p><p>More than just a true crime story, Vermorel's investigation deploys Townsend's death as a wild card methodology for probing the 1950s: a cesspit of vice and violence, from coprophiles to bombsite gangs and flick knives in the cinema. Densely illustrated with archival material, <i>Dead Fashion Girl </i>is a heavily researched, darkly curious exposé of London's 1950s society that touches on celebrity, royalty, the postwar establishment, and ultimately, tragedy.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Obsessive and impressive.--<i>The Times Crime Club</i>--<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Fred Vermorel is a pioneer of the in-depth study of celebrity and fan cultures, best known for his controversial "anti-biographies" of pop icons including the Sex Pistols, Kate Bush, Vivienne Westwood, and Kate Moss.
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