David Longshaw

Maudemas - a Christmas Maude Tale: a Fashionable Children's Tale for Grown-ups David Longshaw

Publisher Marketing: "MAUDEMAS - A Christmas Maude Tale" by David Longshaw "It may have been the night before Christmas, but one creature was stirring and it was a mouse; a fabric fashion mouse, me (Maude)." "MAUDEMAS," As Maude (Editor-in-Chief of MAUEZINE and self-titled fashion icon) puts it is 'my very own Christmas tale (yes the pun is intended, mouse, tail... you get the picture, deal with it).' Maude's regales us with her recounting of how she was looking to add some 'gritty glamour' to MAUDEZINE's December issue, so sent Mildred (the peculiar penguin who see's people as dresses) to find the perfect setting to create an 'urban Christmas extravaganza' along the way she meets some odd new friends (who she accidentally makes homeless) including, Frank and his pet shoe and Beryl the badger and her argumentative taxidermied mother. This is fashion designer and illustrator David Longshaw's 4th 'fashionable children's tale for grown-ups' (the 3rd in the Maude & Doris Series) - This book and the others - 'Mildred', 'Maude' and 'Eleanor and the Squirrel' (which was launched during LFW to coincide with David's S/S15 collection) are all are available in print and on Kindle from Amazon (worldwide) and in selected stores. Contributor Bio:  Longshaw, David David Longshaw, studied Fashion Design at Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design BA (Hons) and at the Royal College of Art (MA). On graduating David moved to Italy to design for Alberta Ferretti, then Max Mara. After working in Italy Longshaw moved back to England to start his own fashion label. Winner of the inaugural BFC/ELLE Talent Launch Pad. David has been shortlisted for a wealth of awards and was named as one of the 'Designers to Watch 2011' by vogue.com and one of 'The Rising Stars of 2011' by ELLE. With not only a natural talent for fashion, but also for illustration (winner of the Colin Barnes Drawing Prize) he has contributed to a number of publications (including vogue.com, the LFW newspaper and many others) and uses his illustrations and story writing as a starting point for his collections. His characters include Maude the fabric fashion mouse (made originally by David whilst at St Martins) described by British Vogue as 'Longshaw's long standing cult creation.' He has also created 'Francesca & Arthur' a weekly comic strip for Vogue Italia (vogue.it) and a number of animations for LOVE magazine. This is David's third book. The first two are 'Mildred' and 'Maude' from the Maude and Doris series).