GingerNutz: The Jungle Memoir of a Model Orangutan

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The charming story of GingerNutz, an orangutan born in the wilds of Borneo who has dreams of making it big in the fashion world. Michael Roberts's charming text and hand drawn illustrations tell the story of GingerNutz, an orangutan born in the wilds of Borneo who has dreams of making it big in the fashion world. One day while playing on the beach, the ten year old GingerNutz finds a bottle washed up on the shore containing a copy of Vogue magazine. Entranced by the glamorous images on its glossy pages, the precocious primate sets her mind to becoming a high fashion model. She dedicates herself to grooming her coat, creating makeup from exotic flowers, and styling her ginger hued hair. Unlikely as it may seem, she encounters other likeminded jungle creatures - the creative orangutan duo Dolce and Grubbana, a haughty and chic silverback gorilla - who together create their own hyper stylish coterie, and GingerNutz fulfils her dream of sashaying down the runway. The story of GingerNutz was inspired by legendary model and fashion editor Grace Coddington, the long-time creative director of American Vogue and a close friend of the author. The book contains 65 hand drawn illustrations that vividly depict the lush and colourful Bornean fashion community.

Michael Roberts is a British fashion journalist. He is currently the fashion and style director of Vanity Fair magazine, and has worked as fashion director for The New Yorker, fashion editor of The Sunday Times, style director and art director of Tatler, design director of British Vogue, Paris editor of Vanity Fair, and editor of Boulevard Magazine. Grace Coddington is the creative director of American Vogue.

A winsome charming tribute to Coddington's own memoir.--Lynn Yaeger "Vogue " Friends since the early Seventies and confidantes ever since, Grace Coddington and Michael Roberts have pipelined their creativity into a new book...Roberts illustrated and penned the vibrantly colorful story of Coddington's life from the point of view of a baby orangutan.--Rosemary Feitelberg "WWD " A new book depicts Grace Coddington as a stylish orangutan named GingerNutz..The story of GingerNutz, the most stylish orangutan in the jungle, begins with a copy of Vogue magazine washing ashore in a glass bottle.--Emilia Petrarca "New York Magazine, The Cut " Coddington's new book seems to have been shaped in large part by her own journey from normal schoolgirl to elite supermodel. GingerNutz -- written and illustrated by Michael Roberts, with a foreword by Grace -- is the jungle memoir of its titular orangutan, who finds a copy of Vogue rolled up in a glass bottle and pursues a career as a glamorous supermodel... wasn't sure who or what she was, but when a photographer friend of mine raved about her not long ago, I thought, 'Wow, she sounds a lot like me!' We both have frizzy, orangey hair -- although mine does not sprout everywhere, thank goodness, because who could afford those hairdressing bills? We both love beautiful clothes, nature, and the sea.--Hannah Ongley "i-D "