Victoria Alexander believes that following your instincts leads to contentment. Once a fashion editor for Vogue Australia and Cosmopolitan, an art director and a stylist, she established The Film Business, The Russell Hotel and The Bathers. Pavilion in Sydney. She has completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons), is a children.s guide at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and creates a range of unique objects for the home, using vintage textiles collected on her travels. Real is her fourth book; she is also the author of Pavilion Cookbook, One and Colour.