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“Fashion – 150 Years” is an encyclopedic work, not only in content but in size and weight. Fashion is taken from about the mid 1800s to the present. Seeling locates the beginnings of modern fashion about 1860 when the English clothing designer Charles Frederick Worth working in Paris put labels with his signature on the gowns he designed. Seeling sees this as turning clothing–however ornamental, stylized, or individualized–into art–Worth was the first “fashion designer.”

Since Worth’s innovative touch, there have been scores of outstanding fashion designers–all of whom make their appearance. The history of fashion from the mid 1860s is related in terms of profiles of the leading, most imaginative and skilled, most influential, and often most acclaimed fashion designers accompanied by abundant photographic material. One could follow the history just by following the copious, most color photographs. One sees how fashion spread out from its beginnings in Paris to the global, popular enterprise it is today. But one wants to read the profiles too for their colorful biographical material and ideas and approaches to fashion, and for putting the respective designer into the context of fashion history.

Seeling has been a top editor at Vogue, Cosmopolitan, and Marie Claire after her time as a journalist interviewing many world-class celebrities. This incomparable work of hers can be used as a text on fashion history and also a reference. And its readable text plus the countless photographs give it the style of a popular book for informative and entertaining reading on fashion. And it’s an ideal coffee-table book.

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I saw this book featured on a blog and immediately rushed over to amazon.com to purchase it. A tremendous amount of talent and creativity went in to creating each page. 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The most beautiful coloring book for children and adults, December 4, 2009

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I am a 29-year-old graphic designer who works at a fashion house. I saw this book featured on a blog and immediately rushed over to amazon.com to purchase it. A tremendous amount of talent and creativity went in to creating each page. Some of the spreads are absolutely beautiful – i.e., the gloves, the shoes, the flowers…

Nina is an amazingly talented illustrator – you may not like her style, but that’s just what it is: her style.

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It has black and white pictures of clothes, shoes, accessories, etc that your child can color in and fashion their own designs. There's even a page of different button shapes...although I thought that page didn't include a good representation of buttons in general. The page with bows was much better. <br/><br/>It even encourages your child to seek out old patterns for ideas, which I thought was neat. The page with the different stitches was also rather generic and you will have to illustrate this to your child yourself. <br/><br/>Overall, I think the book is really neat and any girl interested in fashion will enjoy putting her ideas into play using this book. 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A good book for girls interested in fashion…, December 1, 2009

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It says here this book is for ages 8 and up but I feel like it should be for older children myself. It has black and white pictures of clothes, shoes, accessories, etc that your child can color in and fashion their own designs. There’s even a page of different button shapes…although I thought that page didn’t include a good representation of buttons in general. The page with bows was much better.

It even encourages your child to seek out old patterns for ideas, which I thought was neat. The page with the different stitches was also rather generic and you will have to illustrate this to your child yourself.

Overall, I think the book is really neat and any girl interested in fashion will enjoy putting her ideas into play using this book. I also think mom will enjoy helping her along with her project!

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Van Court "Van, emvc (at) lycos.com" Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:27:27 +0000 http://www.allaboutyoumag.com/fashion-2/my-amazing-planet-of-fashion-a-ebook-for-drawing-making-and-dreaming/#comment-15 <div style="margin-left:0.5em;"> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> 14 of 14 people found the following review helpful: </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <span style="margin-left: -5px;"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-4-0._V192240704_.gif" width="64" alt="4.0 out of 5 stars" title="4.0 out of 5 stars" height="12" border="0"/></span> <b>When the fashionista marches to the beat of her own drum</b>, <nobr>October 28, 2009</nobr></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <div><div style="float:left;">By </div><div style="float:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A1CHOKV10NEI8X/ref=cm_cr_if_pdp/190-2449870-4853336?ie=UTF8&tag=muslcont-20&linkCode=xm2" target="_top"><span style="font-weight: bold;">E. M. 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The book itself is heavy on what appear to be recycled materials, and the text and graphics are in black and magenta, but the austerity is offset by a down to earth artistic style of illustration and engaging, conversation prose. <br/><br/>Normally, I'm pretty skeptical about fashion books for girls. This one, I would consider giving to a girl. <br/><br/>It encourages readers to actually make things rather than look at glossy picture. There are a wide range of ideas for drawing, some things to cut out, and ideas for projects for the readers. <br/><br/>It's not tied to a marketing campaign. Many fashion books are tied to a specific brand of clothes or toys. This one is not. <br/><br/>It enourages readers to come up with their own ideas, rather than accept the interpretations of the authors and their product placement. <br/><br/>It surveys a broad range of cultural influences and eras. Ancient, modern, Asian, American, African, and other influences and the connections are discussed. Nothing smug, pretentious, or overbearing, just cited as influences on modern fashion and as sources of inspiration. <br/><br/>The book is meant to be drawn, glued, and cut, so it might not be suitable to be shared (depends on the kids in question). <br/><br/>This would be an excellent gift for the fashion minded girl who is ready to have her horizons expanded. <br/><br/>E. M. 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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

When the fashionista marches to the beat of her own drum, October 28, 2009

By 

E. M. Van Court “Van, emvc (at) lycos.com” (Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA) –

  

  

This review is from: My Wonderful World of Fashion: A Book for Drawing, Creating and Dreaming (Paperback)

Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program (What’s this?)

This book is a better approach to fashion for girls in a lot of ways. The book itself is heavy on what appear to be recycled materials, and the text and graphics are in black and magenta, but the austerity is offset by a down to earth artistic style of illustration and engaging, conversation prose.

Normally, I’m pretty skeptical about fashion books for girls. This one, I would consider giving to a girl.

It encourages readers to actually make things rather than look at glossy picture. There are a wide range of ideas for drawing, some things to cut out, and ideas for projects for the readers.

It’s not tied to a marketing campaign. Many fashion books are tied to a specific brand of clothes or toys. This one is not.

It enourages readers to come up with their own ideas, rather than accept the interpretations of the authors and their product placement.

It surveys a broad range of cultural influences and eras. Ancient, modern, Asian, American, African, and other influences and the connections are discussed. Nothing smug, pretentious, or overbearing, just cited as influences on modern fashion and as sources of inspiration.

The book is meant to be drawn, glued, and cut, so it might not be suitable to be shared (depends on the kids in question).

This would be an excellent gift for the fashion minded girl who is ready to have her horizons expanded.

E. M. Van Court

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It is an amazingly ingenious product. It includes stencil sheets of clothes that can be placed over a simple drawing of a Bratz-like girl. Includes ideas for patterns and accessories. Really fun and entertaining. Has many pages of girls to dress. 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Fun and easy, September 24, 2010

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I got this for my 7 year old daughter. It is an amazingly ingenious product. It includes stencil sheets of clothes that can be placed over a simple drawing of a Bratz-like girl. Includes ideas for patterns and accessories. Really fun and entertaining. Has many pages of girls to dress. I want to get my daughter all of these books because this one has been wonderful!

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