Black Coffee and Red Lipstick

ebook / ISBN-13: 9781846017810

Price: £20

ON SALE: 1st October 2026

Genre: Literary Essays / Memoirs / Prose: Non-fiction

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‘I love Shulman’s honesty and her writing is thoughtful, immediate and completely unaffected. This is the book to have on your bedside table.’ – Diana Henry

‘A delicious and wise read… giving a wonderful and honest perspective on what actually matters.’ – Anya Hindmarch

Praise for Clothes…and other things that matter:

‘Self-deprecating and stylish, this is sure to become a classic.’ – Vanity Fair

‘Alexandra Shulman’s style is unaffected, immediate and hilariously dry. She’s brilliant at observing everyday feelings in a joy-sparking turn of phrase.’ – Helena Bonham Carter


Red Lipstick * The Mother * A Friendship Wardrobe * Younger and More Modern * The Wedding Dress * Type Two Fun * Roast Chicken * Things You Shouldn’t Say * The Other You, The Other Me * The Pleasures of Bed * You Can Always Leave

From the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Clothes…and Other Things That Matter, Alexandra Shulman, comes an intriguing blend of memoir, anecdote, social observation and cultural history. Rooted in Alexandra’s experiences as a child, a journalist, a young woman always looking for the great love, a mother, a Vogue magazine editor and now a woman in the liminal space between middle and old age, the book explores the fabric of daily life alongside thoughts on style and the way we present ourselves – all described with her characteristic wit and incisiveness.

Alexandra Shulman left her job as Editor-in-Chief of Vogue in 2017 to embark on a different way of life and while this is in no way a book of self-discovery, it explores the question of things or patterns of behaviour that make us who we are and why they matter.