The Kingdom of Prep

The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew

De: Maggie Bullock

Narrado por: Cheryl Smith

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Entertaining story for anyone interested in fashion and/or business

Really enjoyed this book —it was interesting, fast paced, and performed well as an audio book. My only peeve is that it is heavy on names, so without seeing them in print, my brain doesn’t really remember who she is referring to 😅 But overall easy to follow and a fun listen!

Interesting & Well Read

Great story, insightful bits about retail. Reader is excellent. Highly recommend if you are interested in retail.

Story of My Fashion Life

Wasn’t expecting to relate so personally to this business story. But like the author, my relationship to J. Crew and what its clothes seemed to promise and what they delivered, in all its variations on a theme, defined my everyday life. I was familiar with the broad outlines of the company’s founding and the Jenna Lyons years. But there were so many interesting details worth learning about — especially since the details represent the shifts and continuities in our own society from the 1980s to the present. The writing was direct and informative and I got a good sense of who the founding family, the Cinaders, were and who Mickey Drexler and Jenna Lyons were as people and professionals.

And if you didn’t think private equity has had a loathsome impact on our society before listening to this book, you will after listening!

The reader was clear but somewhat overly so, to the point of sounding mechanical. It seemed at first that she was reading for new learners of English or something because she spoke so slowly and deliberately. I listened at 1.2 speed and that helped a lot. And she seemed to warm to the subject and sound more at ease as the book went on. She certainly seemed intelligent and put the emphasis on the right phrases which unfortunately cannot be said about all the readers found on Audible!

Great writing, slightly too long

Very much enjoyed the exhaustive reporting and the author had an impressive writing style. Performance very passable. Would have loved it had they cut 2-4 hours.

Really interesting niche history

This was such a fun listen! I love a good niche history. Really interesting story of a company that we know of so well.