Liz Claiborne: The Legend, The Woman
To have lived a joyful life and to have departed that life a victim of a vicious cancer is, in brief, the story of Liz Claiborne's life. But the story is much more than that. Born in Brussels in 1929, the third and last child of a highborn American banker and his delicate, beautiful wife, she was born privileged and taught that privilege incurs responsibilities. She lived out her early years untouched by life and death during the ominous 1930s, until the ominous became the real and the family...
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In this book Art Ortenberg does not so much celebrate Liz Claiborne the designer and entrepreneur, but rather Liz the woman. Liz left us more than her work, he concludes, perhaps more than the consequences of her work; she left us herself. The making of that self, and the good she did for others, is the story I tell.Publishers WeeklyThough it's more a tribute than a biography, this work from Liz Claiborne's husband and longtime business collaborator, Ortenberg, nevertheless provides a compelling behind-the-scenes portrait of the late, beloved fashion designer, focusing attention on the personal side of Claiborne's extraordinary business achievements (like becoming the first female owner of a Fortune 500 company). Born to privilege in 1929 Brussels (her family moved to America at the start of WWII), Claiborne learned responsibility from her parents and developed a powerful sense of ambition, allowing her to navigate the turbulent world of fashion; after decades of work, she would reach her pinnacle of international popularity in the logo-obsessed 1980s. While the first half of Ortenberg's paean makes an able account of the duo's workaday life, the second half is dominated by Claiborne's slow, painful struggle with ovarian cancer, an exhaustive (and exhausting) account of horrors suffered that could discourage all but the most committed readers. Color photos. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
\ Publishers WeeklyThough it's more a tribute than a biography, this work from Liz Claiborne's husband and longtime business collaborator, Ortenberg, nevertheless provides a compelling behind-the-scenes portrait of the late, beloved fashion designer, focusing attention on the personal side of Claiborne's extraordinary business achievements (like becoming the first female owner of a Fortune 500 company). Born to privilege in 1929 Brussels (her family moved to America at the start of WWII), Claiborne learned responsibility from her parents and developed a powerful sense of ambition, allowing her to navigate the turbulent world of fashion; after decades of work, she would reach her pinnacle of international popularity in the logo-obsessed 1980s. While the first half of Ortenberg's paean makes an able account of the duo's workaday life, the second half is dominated by Claiborne's slow, painful struggle with ovarian cancer, an exhaustive (and exhausting) account of horrors suffered that could discourage all but the most committed readers. Color photos. \ Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\ \ \ \ \ Harper's BazaarLiz Claiborne is a loving tribute to the late fashion designer....\ \ \ Helena Independent Record...Ortenberg lets us get to know the woman behind the big glasses.\ \ \ \ \ More Magazine...[A]n intimate, honest account, and a must-read for anyone interested in the life of a fashion maverick.\ \ \ \ \ Donna KaranTo read this book is to be taken on a personal and extraordinary journey. Liz and Art are an inspiration to all of us.\ \ \ \ \ Max BaucusA moving tribute to a lady of immense integrity and courage, whose devotion to her work, the environment, and Montana is surpassed only by her love for her husband.\ \ \ \ \ Diane Von FurstenbergThis book is a poignant love story and a fight for life. It is written with passion.\ \ \ \ \ Mark TercekI hope that this loving portrait will inspire others to care as deeply as she did about the natural world that sustains us all.\ \ \ \ \ Vera WangWhat a glorious tribute to one of the most iconic women in American fashion. The love, care and respect shown in this book memorialized Liz to the world and a whole new generation of Fashionistas!\ \
