Fashionably Late

Fashionably Late
Olivia Goldsmith

Classic Olivia Goldsmith – a vibrant and witty novel about fashion, family and what happens when having it all isn’t as easy as you thought.She’s got the designer label, but she hasn’t got the designer genes…Wherever she goes, Karen Khan is fashionably late. She can afford to be: the star of the New York fashion scene, with her own company, a handsome husband and a deal that could make her millions, she is the apple – and the envy – of everyone’s eye.But, at forty, is she too late for the ultimation in creation? Motherhood is proving to be elusive – as elusive as her own parentage – and as difficult as the cut-throat business of couture. Yet Karen is not one to take no for an answer, and late is better than never…

OLIVIA GOLDSMITH

FASHIONABLY LATE

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1994

Copyright © Olivia Goldsmith 1994

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Contents

Cover (#u7a1a2af1-dd5c-552b-8da4-9f52c2463cd9)

Title Page (#u0680de58-6a65-5d04-a2e8-95128fd612d4)

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Part One: Designer Genes (#ulink_acc34e40-fc3e-5643-ad10-8c3905b83eb1)

Chapter One: Reaping What You Sew (#ulink_6d13fbc8-ef13-530a-88c9-ac601541c05a)

Chapter Two: Barren Karen (#ulink_79637bdf-8d0d-5e29-aebd-8c531dff5a8a)

Chapter Three: Cut from a Different Cloth (#ulink_f5d14aef-d69c-5741-b7de-6320b6afd8e5)

Chapter Four: The Cutting Edge (#ulink_6d14403b-6dab-53fa-b42f-204d4adab990)

Chapter Five: Hard Labor (#ulink_4c4d7af1-79c9-5958-9d42-b711bd7bfe3a)

Chapter Six: Fashion Cents (#ulink_e3a128c4-8d0d-540a-b025-e60756c716c2)

Chapter Seven: Cut and Dried (#ulink_d5c6a17f-4ec2-5d03-94a8-6442a05ba4bd)

Chapter Eight: Everyone Has One (#ulink_5e51398b-10d4-5cf4-91e6-718dbeecbd22)

Chapter Nine: Dressed for Success (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten: Out of the Closet (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven: Marriage à la Mode (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Two: Hemming and Whoring (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve: Fashionable Collection (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen: Hemming It Up (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen: Dressing Her Wounds (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen: A Friend in Tweed (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen: What’s My Line? (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen: Dollars and Scents (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen: Dialing for Daughters (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen: The Waist Land (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty: Whirling Dervitz (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One: Tongue in Chic (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Three: Slaves to Fashion (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Two: An Affair to Remember (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Three: By a Thread (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Four: Rags to Bitches (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Five: Paris When It Sizzles (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Six: Womb for Rent (#litres_trial_promo)