Pat in the City

My Life of Fashion, Style, and Breaking All the Rules

By: Patricia Field

Narrated by: Eliza Foss

Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

From the iconic stylist and fashion provocateur whose designs transformed culture—bringing the glitz of Studio 54 and the sophistication of Sex and the City to the mainstream—comes a playful yet intimate memoir of a life spent challenging conventions.

Carrie Bradshaw’s pairing of a tutu with a tank top is one of the most iconic outfits ever seen on television—and a look that turned avant-garde New York designer and stylist Patricia Field into a household name. But before she was crowned the fairy godmother of haute couture, Field was the owner of the longtime East Village emporium Pat Field, a haven for drag queens, club kids, starving artists, NYU freshmen, and creative visionaries alike. Presiding over downtown with her distinctive vermillion hair and a constantly lit cigarette, Patricia was a rock ’n’ roll den mother to everyone from Amanda Lepore to Lady Bunny to Patti Smith, with her store providing the city’s eccentrics with a place to discover a sense of family, home, and a rhinestone bedazzled bustier or two.

In Pat in the City, Patricia describes her journey from scrappy Queens kid peddling men’s pants to the fashion world’s most notorious renegade. As the daughter of immigrant parents, Field learned the principles of glamour from her entrepreneurial mother, and applied her NYU lessons on democracy to inform a fashion ethos that would reach millions. From her Studio 54 disco-glam styling to her award-winning work in The Devil Wears Prada and Sex and the City to today’s buzzy costuming in Emily in Paris, Field’s inimitable styling has pushed the envelope and created trends that have become the culture standard. Now in her seventies, Patricia Field is ready to tell her story—not to take a final bow, but to spread her credo of challenging convention and filling the world with joy and dancing.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2023 Patricia Field (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers

Fashion stories

Loved the book, a unique insight to the work of costumes, and knowledge of how things look and feel.

Great Book, horrible narrator

Anyone who is a fan of SATC or Devil Wears Prada will love this book. Pat's life story is very interesting and she is very detailed in her descriptions, What made this audible book suck was the narrator. I know what Pat's voice sounds like- raspy, smoker, New Yorker so it was a total drag that a plain, older woman is the narrator. I had a hard time getting past the narrator referring to 2-Pac as 2-Pack.

Fashion Lovers Rejoice

If you love fashion...you will love Pat's book. What a great listen...as told by Pat herself! I loved listening to Pat talk about the strong women in her family and how they influenced her to be a strong woman. Great stories about The Devil Wears Prada, Sex & the City and lastly Emily in Paris. The book was all I expected and more.

More in Love w/ her

I enjoyed this so much it brings me to tears. Tears of joy that is. My fashion spirit is filled with inspiration.

Can’t Finish Because Narrator is Annoyingly Terrible

I’ve so looked forward to this book but can’t finish listening because the narrator is so annoying. Please…just read the book and stop with the over-the-top attempts at being flamboyant and dramatic. I want to return this title and buy the print version but there does not appear to be a way to return it.