Simon doonan biography
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Simon doonan biography
Simon Doonan
British businessman
Simon Doonan (born 1952[2]) is an author, television personality, and the former Creative Director of Barneys NY.
Biography
Doonan comes from the English town of Reading.
His first retail job was a summer position at Heelas, a department store in Reading, now owned by the John Lewis Partnership. After returning to work at the same store after university, he first got involved in the art of window dressing.
He later left Reading for London and dressed windows at Aquascutum before moving to Nutters of Savile Row.[3]
Invited to dress his windows by the proprietor of Maxfield, a department store in Los Angeles, Doonan moved to the United States in 1978.
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In 1984, he designed the gallery scene for the hit movie Beverly Hills Cop.
In 1985, he worked for Diana Vreeland at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum.
He joined the Barneys staff in 1986 as a window dresser.
His windows became a tourist attracti