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100 Dresses: The Costume Institute / The Metropolitan Museum Of Art (2010)

by Harold Koda(Favorite Author)

4.22 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0300166559 (ISBN13: 9780300166552)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Yale University Press

review 1: A beautiful collection of dresses displayed at their best, and short (but informative) texts on them. (Perhaps it would have been nice to have a somewhat wider selection of 20th century designers than was presented in the book - Christian Dior was important, of course, but 12 of the dresses of these 100 were made by him or House of Dior in this collection. It could have been nice to give some space to perhaps names slightly less well known just to give a bit more width to the collection here presented.)
review 2: Well, I could kick myself. I've been to the Metropolitan Museum of Art but missed seeing the dress collection represented in this great 2009 book. From the 17th century to 2006, each photo and one page description is glorious. Tidbits about the styles,... more stitching, designers, owners...all give a layer of history that helps you understand why each dress was chosen out of a collection of 35,000 costumes and accessories from 5 continents. It's historical fashion eye candy and would make a great book discussion book! less

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