Category: Fashion | Reading Level: 6.5 Wellbeing
For the mothers, aunts and grandmothers of rebel girls, this is the handbook to maturing like a pro. 'Not older - better! A blueprint for maturing with style.' Kirstie Clements, former Editor-in-Chief, VogueBe who you always wanted to be when you grew up.What if experience always trumped youth? Or ...Show more
Category: Fashion | Series: Megan Hess: the Masters of Fashion Ser.
Join internationally renowned fashion illustrator Megan Hess as she explores the timeless beauty and glamour of ten of France's best-loved designers in a stylish celebration of one of the world's favourite fashion destinations. From the courts of Versailles to the cobbled streets of Paris, French ...Show more
Category: Fashion | Series: Megan Hess: the Masters of Fashion Ser.
For centuries, Italian fashion has been known for its craftsmanship and luxury, but also for its creativity and, most of all, its passion. Lace, leopard print and show-stopping red dresses - the masters of Italian fashion know how to make a statement. From the workshops of Florence to the runways of ...Show more
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Grace Kelly's life may have transformed from that of a Hollywood star to Princess of Monaco, but her status as a style icon remained constant throughout her life. There is perhaps no better record of this than her close thirty-year-long relationship with the illustrious house of Dior. Published on the ...Show more
Category: Fashion | Series: Living With Ser.
Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel was one of the most influential and ground-breaking fashion designers of the twentieth century. This beautifully illustrated biography tells her remarkable story in a unique and accessible way, examining how the homes and landscapes of her life relate to her work. From her childh ...Show more
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When Karl Lagerfeld was named at the helm of the fashion house in 1983, he set out to radically shake up and update its image - not only through bold collections but also, from 1987 onwards, by choosing to shoot the house's campaigns himself, a move that was unprecedented for a fashion designer. Conceiv ...Show more
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Described by an admirer as 'the High Druidess of fashion, the Supreme Pontiff, Perpetual Curate and Archpresbyter of elegance, the Vicaress of Style', Diana Vreeland is the cloth from which 21st-century fashion editors are cut. Diana joined Harper's Bazaar in 1936, where her pizzazz and singular point o ...Show more
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This lively book reveals the clothing and fashion of the world depicted in Jane Austen's beloved books, focusing on the long Regency between the years 1795 and 1825. During this period, accelerated change saw Britain's turbulent entry into the modern age, and clothing reflected these transformations. St ...Show more
Category: Fashion | Reading Level: 6 Craft/Fashion
Lagerfeld showcases in an oversize format ten years of Chanel's most influential fashion shows shot by English photographer Simon Procter. Over the past decade, fashion shows have evolved into monumental productions, requiring a level of sophistication and creativity on par with the clothes they present ...Show more
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Ballerina: Fashion's Modern Muse is a revelatory, irresistible treat for dance aficionados and fashionistas alike. Couturiers such as Balmain, Balenciaga, Chanel, Schiaparelli, Charles James, Dior, and Yves Saint Laurent designed ballet-inspired dresses and gowns, many featuring the boned bodices and vo ...Show more
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'My true point of view in fashion is to go against the clichés of beauty and sexy. It's not dignified for women to have to be a doll to be beautiful, always the same - [and] it is banal. I want to be more clever, or more difficult, or more complicated ... or more new' Miuccia Prada Founded as a ...Show more
Category: Fashion
What should I wear? It’s one of the fundamental questions we ask ourselves every day. More than ever, we are told it should be something new. Today, the clothing industry churns out 80 billion garments a year and employs every sixth person on Earth. Historically, the apparel trade has exploited la ...Show more
