Runway Bird: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Style Guide

A Rock ’n’ Roll Style Guide

Irina Lazareanu, with Drew McConnell and Pascal Loperena Foreword by Sean Lennon

Top model and musician Irina Lazareanu decrypts the essence of rock ’n’ roll chic, taking cues from her coterie of friends from the fashion and music worlds.

If you could saunter down the runway and slip backstage on the heels of Irina Lazareanu, who would you meet, what antics would ensue, and what on earth would you wear? Irina—Karl Lager feld’s muse, Kate Moss’s BFF, and Pete Doherty’s former ancée—introduces you to her inner circle— models, fashion designers, editors, Hollywood star lets, and rockers—to pilfer the secrets to their individually cool and universally coveted rock ’n’ roll style. She details a host of wardrobe tips and essentials, including dos and don’ts for creating your own folk, retro, punk, or glam rock look. In scrapbook collages and lively anecdotes from her life on the fashion and concert circuits, the captivating Romanian-Canadian top model–cumsinger shares showstopping sartorial nuggets that will give your threads—and attitude—a rock ’n’ roll edge.

Top model Irina Lazareanu has appeared on hundreds of magazine covers, including Vogue Italy, W magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Self Service, Elle, and Marie Claire. She walked countless runway shows, including Chanel, Dior, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, Prada, Alexander McQueen, Burberry, and Marc Jacobs, and has been a muse to fashion designers. She appeared in ad campaigns for Chanel, Balenciaga, Burberry, L’Oréal, and Kate Moss’s Topshop collection. Sean Lennon is a musician; he produced Irina’s rst solo album, Some Places Along the Way. Irish musician and writer Drew McConnell is a founding member of London-based band Babyshambles; he worked with Courtney Love and is touring as Liam Gallagher’s bassist and backing vocalist. Pascal Loperena, celebrity and model agent, is former art director at Ford Models Paris. He coau thored Get Gorgeous with Christel Vatasso. PB Flexibound 264 pages 200 color illustrations 7 × 9 in. (18 × 23 cm) ISBN: 978-2-08-020696-1 US $29.90 / Can. $40 / £22.50 / 25 € Publication: October 2021