She s partied with the Sex Pistols, and designed for many stars. In this riotous extract from her memoir, Sewing Bee s Esme Young reveals how she s been at the cutting edge of fashion for over 50 years
The formula is ageless. We start with a couple of guys who were buddies in the old neighborhood. They want to make it in show business.
One has the talent, the other has the good head for business. They team up and tour the sticks before a talent scout discovers them, and they become big stars. It only seems like it was overnight. Tapeheads updates the formula only slightly. In an age of unrelenting entertainment journalism, when the business of show business is covered better than the show, this is a backstage musical about a couple of guys who want to make it big as producers of music videos. Their names are Ivan and Josh (John Cusack and Tim Robbins), they are employed for the moment as security guards, but someday they know they ll see their masterpieces on MTV.