Gods and kings: the rise and fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano

In the first decade of the 21st century, the fashion world was dominated by two very different but equally successful - and turbulent - figures.

But then, within 12 months, Alexander McQueen had committed suicide, and John Galliano's career had unravelled in public after he was arrested for an anti-Semitic tirade at a Paris bar.

Dana Thomas uses the story of these two charismatic figures to look behind the closed doors of the notoriously secretive fashion world.