An Innocent Fashion

An Innocent Fashion

R. J. Hernández

R. J. Hernández

The literary love-child of The Devil Wears Prada and The Bell Jar, this singular debut novel is the story of Ethan, a wide-eyed new Ivy League grad, who discovers that his dream of "making it" at leading New York City fashion magazine Régine may well be his undoing.When Ethan St. James graduates from Yale, he can't wait to realize his dream of becoming a fashion editor at Régine. Born Elián San Jamar, he knew from childhood that he was destined for a "more beautiful" life than the one his working-class parents share in Texas—a life inspired by Régine's pages. A full ride to the Ivy League provided the awakening he yearned for, but reality hits hard when he arrives at Régine and is relegated to the lowest rung of the ladder.Mordantly funny and emotionally ruthless, An Innocent Fashion is about a quintessential millennial—naïve, idealistic, struggling with his identity and sexuality—trying to survive in an industry,...
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