Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis: Suzy Menkes

Menkes is the author of The Royal Jewels (1985), a study of the private jewelry collection of Queen Elizabeth; The Windsor Style (1987), an exploration of the lifestyle of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and Queen and Country (1992), a journey through the private rural world of Queen Elizabeth and the ecological interests of Prince Charles. Menkes has been named an officer of the Order of the British Empire for her services to journalism and also a chevalier of the Legion of Honor by President Jacques Chirac of France.