- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Oct 13 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0684822326
- ISBN-13: 978-0684822327
- Product Dimensions: 25.7 x 20.6 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 771 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,347,355 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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If there's one women's fashion essential, it's the little black dress. Amy Edelman's homage to this chic wardrobe workhorse is a pleasure. She traces its popular acceptance to a 1926 Coco Chanel drawing that graced the pages of Vogue. The timing was no accident--women were stepping out in the world, shoving fussy, restrictive wear to the backs of their closets. The role of color is also examined: Black is the color of nuns' habits, of witches' wear, of clothes worn during periods of mourning. But it's also the color of allure, well represented by a bevy of beauties, from cartoon jazz baby Betty Boop to a lithe, black-sheathed Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly. ("It was a warm evening, nearly summer, and she wore a slim cool black dress, black sandals, a pearl choker....") The little black dress is lovingly photographed and illustrated in this work. Plain and not-so-simple, The Little Black Dress is a delight.
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One hundred black-and-white photographs and text celebrate the enduring stylishness of the short black dress in fashion, art, literature, and film, from Betty Boop to the video for the rock song ""Addicted to Love."" 25,000 first printing."
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An absolute delight,for every woman who owns an LBD!, May 1 1999
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This review is from: The LITTLE BLACK DRESS (Hardcover)
Breakfast at Tiffanys!What a super, fun and pratical book.The little black dresses legacy as an arbitor of fashion and good taste is world renowned.Practically all females and probably a large percentage of males can relate to their girlfriends overstuffed warddrobe dilemma of, I don't have a stitch to wear! Preceeded by 'Eureka' Why of course, my little black dress.I would highly recommend this delightful morsel for any fashion concious woman.
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