I.M.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "In I. M., Isaac Mizrahi puts his life to paper with the same mix of spirit and wryness as the designs he popularized." Vanity Fair Isaac Mizrahi is sui generis designer, cabaret performer, talk-show host, a TV celebrity. Yet ever since he shot to fame in the late 1980s, the private Isaac Mizrahi has remained under wraps.

Until now. In I. M., Isaac Mizrahi offers a poignant, candid, and touching look back on his life so far.

Growing up gay in a sheltered Syrian Jewish Orthodox family, Isaac had unique talents that ultimately drew him into fashion and later into celebrity circles that read like a whos who of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries Richard Avedon, Audrey Hepburn, Anna Wintour, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Meryl Streep, and Oprah Winfrey, to name only a few. In his elegant memoir, Isaac delves into his lifelong battles with weight, insomnia, and depression. He tells what it was like to be an out gay man in a homophobic age and to witness the ravaging effects of the AIDS epidemic.

Brimming with intimate details and inimitable wit, Isaac's narrative reveals not just the glamour of his years, but the grit beneath the glitz. Rich with memorable stories from in and out of the spotlight, I. M. illuminates deep emotional truths.

Mizrahi (Libra) performs cabaret across the country, has written two books, hosted his own television talk show, and made countless appearances in movies and television. He has directed and designed many productions for the stage and screen. He founded his design company in 1987, was the star and cocreator of the documentary Unzipped, and was the subject of a large-scale, mid-career survey at the Jewish Museum in New York City.

He currently develops projects in television, theatre, and literature through his own production company, Isaac Mizrahi Entertainment.