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on’t read Edward Enninful’s memoir, A VISIBLE MAN (Bloomsbury), expecting racy fashion gossip, says , though the editor-in-chief of writes poignantly about his family, depression, sobriety and racism. The book, which reckons his is a remarkable story that rattles along (even if he sometimes lacks perspective about the difficulty of the job). And it is: from a childhood in Ghana via a stratospheric rise – model, stylist, fashion editor of magazine at 18 – all the while with the goal of shaping a more inclusive industry.

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