From Publishers Weekly
"Television saved me from my brown-but-wish-it-was-fuchsia world," writes Cojocaru in his campy, kitschy homage to fashion and celebrity. The West Coast style editor for People, Cojocaru is a devotee of wearable wonders. His tastes are as outrageous as his wit, which he unleashes continually (e.g., Cher is a "visual tsunami"). The self-proclaimed "Halston of high school" was raised in Montreal in the 1970s by Jewish Romanian parents who were, overall, loving and supportive. He wasn't like other boys-his obsessions with his all-blue bedroom and Cheryl Ladd's hair were pronounced-but they accepted him as he was: shallow, semifreaky and unquestionably fun. Cojocaru's saving grace is his humor. He knows fashion is ephemeral, stars are fickle and reality checks are key. The boy who would be fashion king began his career writing style blurbs for People. His big break came when he landed on the E! network. So successful was his stint that he entered the promised land: the one-hour Oscar Fashion Review with Joan Rivers. Cojocaru, also Today's fashion correspondent, follows the Golden Globes, Cannes and the Oscars like a devoted pilgrim. En route, he drops gossip, A-list names and jabs at everything from industry payola to Meg Ryan's lips. From the inside scoop on Hollywood to enough zingers to placate the most starstruck reader, his book is dressed to thrill. Photos.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
?With a prose style as irrepressible as his kooky TV persona, People style editor and Today regular Cojocaru charms, even when serving up the cattiest Tinseltown tidbits. . . . Meow.??Entertainment Weekly ?TELEVISION?S RED-CARPET ODDBALL TELLS ALL IN A DISHY NEW FASHION BOOK.??The New York Post?Cojocaru?s sharp wit and outrageous anecdotes . . . pepper a memoir even the fashion police would find arresting.??Marie Claire?FUNNY . . . GOOD GOSSIP . . . YOUR HOMEWORK FOR THE OSCARS.??Boston Herald?A campy, kitschy homage to fashion and celebrity . . .[Cojocaru] drops gossip, A-list names and jabs at everything from industry payola to Meg Ryan?s lips. . . . His tastes are as outrageous as his wit. . . . From the inside scoop on Hollywood to enough zingers to placate the most starstruck reader, his book is dressed to thrill.??Publishers Weekly?In Hollywood, Steven Cojocaru is the Moses of the red carpet?parting the class from the trash. This Montreal-born fashionista takes no prisoners.??Elle Canada?Funny, irreverent, and overflowing with gossip, Cojocaru?s tale is a raunchy, riveting rise through the lives of the rich and self-absorbed.??Gotham?This funny man shares his hopes, dreams, and dishes in Red Carpet Diaries. . . . The book is one of those guilty summer reads.??Women?s Wear Daily?Red Carpet Diaries is simply a hoot to read. . . . Filled with Hollywood gossip . . . Stories only a fashion insider could tell . . . and hilarious ?and sometimes self-deprecating?tales of getting into big-league events. . . . Tidbits scattered throughout the book . . . make putting down the pages harder than resisting a 40 percent-off sale on the latest must-have Prada pumps.??Rocky Mountain News
From the Trade Paperback edition.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Book Description
Warning: No celeb was spared during the writing of this tongue-in-cheek stroll down the red carpet of fashion, fame, ego, and blinding glitter. Written by the man who isn’t afraid to tell Christina Aguilers her hairdo is a disaster, Red Carpet Diaries could make you feel you know more about Hollywood shtick than Nicole Kidman’s stylist. If you begin to get too much pleasure from Cojocaru’s lizard-skin-jumpsuited journey from ridiculed misfit to #2 on Cynthia Rowley’s speed dial, put the book down and turn on an episode of Antiques Roadshow to calm your heart rate. Also: do not try to operate heavy machinery while reading this book.
Indications: For relief of boredom, wistfulness, insecurity, and bad hair days.
Directions: Read the incredible story of Cojocaru’s rise from schoolyard joke to one-man celebrity status meter. Laugh, cry, lather, rinse, and repeat.
Active ingredient: Unadulterated fashion, style, and wit.
Imbued with style that is pure Steven, and packed with insider gossip from a man who spends his days chatting with Tom Hanks, Charlize Theron, or Sarah Jessica Parker, this irresistible memoir is a peek behind the glamorous façade to the real deal—the dirt beneath the red carpet.
Indications: For relief of boredom, wistfulness, insecurity, and bad hair days.
Directions: Read the incredible story of Cojocaru’s rise from schoolyard joke to one-man celebrity status meter. Laugh, cry, lather, rinse, and repeat.
Active ingredient: Unadulterated fashion, style, and wit.
Imbued with style that is pure Steven, and packed with insider gossip from a man who spends his days chatting with Tom Hanks, Charlize Theron, or Sarah Jessica Parker, this irresistible memoir is a peek behind the glamorous façade to the real deal—the dirt beneath the red carpet.
About the author
Steven Cojocaru is the fashion correspondent for The Today Show, a style editor for People magazine, and pens People's "Behind the Seams" column. He is a red carpet fixture on both coasts. This is his first book.
