5 Quotes & Sayings By Liz Goldwyn

Liz Goldwyn is the bestselling author of the best-selling and award-winning historical novels, The House of Silk and The Jewels of Opar. She has also written two nonfiction books: The Art of Historic Costume and The Art of Historic Costuming. Both were published by Thames and Hudson. Goldwyn was born in New York City to a European Jewish family Read more

Her father worked as a banker and her mother was a designer for Vogue magazine. She spent her childhood in Manhattan, but after moving to California at the age of three, she began writing stories at age nine. Goldwyn earned a B.A.

from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where she studied both fine arts and art history, while also working on her first novel, which would later become The House of Silk.

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Los Angeles is a true postmodern city. Here, we celebrate with equal aplomb the high and the low. I am just as influenced by the punk rock attitude of local skate and surf cultures as I am by old-school glamour and stardust. Liz Goldwyn
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A 1920s dress I wore on my 21st birthday... literally disintegrated on me. I had the most wild debauched night. And that disintegrated dress sits in my closet - such a great memory. Liz Goldwyn
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Red lipstick has been my beauty staple for years. I show up to Pilates or yoga at 8 A.M. wearing my red lipstick. Liz Goldwyn
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My new dressing goal is to make little kids and babies smile at all the bright, clashing colours I can wear at once. It makes me laugh when I catch sight of my own reflection - life is too short not have fun! Liz Goldwyn