Barneys New York: Simon Doonans

Simon Doonans: In his first chapter, Doonan shares how he and a good friend who works in a psychiatric hospital often compare war stories, according to The Star. Given what we are all supposed to be rushing out and filling our closets with this fall, however, the release of Doonans The Asylum seems almost uncannily timely, as fashion appears to be retreating ever more away from reality into a crazy house all its own and On the cover of Simon Doonans new book is a chic-looking vintage? straitjacket with a dangling price tag. Famed for his outrageous windows for Barneys New York, and a wry fashion observer, Doonan obviously wants to make it clear that, as far as hes concerned, fashion is one crazy business. Whose world is more demented? asks Doonan. The world of the insane or the world of the insanely fashionable? He adds that his pals interns, inspired by the unconscious fashion daring of the clientele, play an extremely politically incorrect though startlingly challenging game called Inpatient or Williamsburg Hipster? (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.