The Pimlico Companion to Fashion by Colin Mcdowell

The Pimlico Companion to Fashion by Colin Mcdowell

Using letters, journals and memoirs, as well as novels, poetry and plays, this work covers over four hundred years of writing, including British, Irish, American and European literature on the dress.

"This good-humoured anthology acquires the allure of a catwalk: relentlessly paced; designed to surprise, to excite and delight" -- Jennifer Potter Times Literary Supplement "It is delightful to find fashion treated with respect... Wonderfully funny...Open it where you will and you will be amused." -- Hardy Amies Daily Telegraph "A treasure of an anthology." -- Harriet Quick Guardian "An elegant collection... A volume as uplifting to the spirits as a Proper Frock from Paris." -- Jane Shilling Sunday Telegraph "The book is beautifully paced, its long passages punctuated by sharp, epigrammatic observations, their truth enhanced by their economy... This book is a must for any student of literature, human nature and, of course, fashion." -- Nicholas Foulkes Country Life

Colin McDowell is an internationally recognised fashion historian, a designer, commentator and critic. Among his many books on fashion are McDowell's Directory of Twentieth-Century Fashion; The Designer Scam; Dressed to Kill: Sex, Power and Clothes; Hats: Status and Glamour and Shoes: Fashion and Fantasy. He was written for numerous magazines and newspapers, including Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire and Women's Journal and appears on radion and television. He has also written two successful novels set in the world of Italian fashion.

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ISBN 13	9780712666091
ISBN 10	0712666095
Title	The Pimlico Companion to Fashion
Author	Colin Mcdowell
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	1998-10-01
Number of pages	464
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