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Cinquenta Vestidos Que Mudaram O Mundo (2009)

by Design Museum(Favorite Author)

3.66 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Autêntica

review 1: Great book that presents, as the title says, the dresses whose impact was so great that they changed fashion. The formula is simple, each dress is presented in a full page photograph. On the facing page is a short essay on the history of the dress, construction techniques and why it was so revolutionary. There is also usually a smaller picture of the dress right beside the text.The only issue I had with this book was that they frequently used a modern "re-interpretation" of the dress for the large picture. I would have preferred this be a picture of the dress when it was first introduced. Still, this is a wonderful short history of western fashion for the armchair fashionista.
review 2: This is a very short book, obviously designed for an exhibition. Howev... moreer, it makes up in historical scope what it has in brevity. Each dress is represented by two pages. The first page is text with a small inset photo. The facing page is a larger photo of the dress in question. Coincidentally I had just finished viewing the DVD "Coco before Chanel" prior to reading this book. Of course the Audrey Hepburn and Princess Diana references are here, although both well-justified as they were fashion icons in their prime (forget dowdy early Diana). And the whole array of sixties fashion trends are here. But there also are some interesting other pieces with which I was less familiar. Needless to say, this work is not comprehensive. But as a fun, short read, it is delightful. less

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