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Bad girls of fashion : style rebels from Cleopatra to Lady Gaga / Jennifer Croll ; illustrated by Ada Buchholc.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto : Annick Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 205 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781554517855
  • 1554517850
  • 9781554517862
  • 1554517869
Subject(s):
Contents:
Chapter 1. Cleopatra: Fashion leader -- Empress Dowager Cixi -- Elizabeth I -- Angela Davis -- 2. Marie Antoinette: Fashion decadent -- Imelda Marcos -- Rose Bertin -- Wallis Simpson -- Chapter 3. Coco Chanel: Fashion modernizer -- Josephine Baker -- Amelia Bloomer -- Louise Brooks -- Chapter 4. Frida Kahlo: Fashion artist -- Miuccia Prada -- M.I.A. -- Elsa Schiaparelli -- Chapter 5. Marlene Dietrich: Fashion gender-bender -- George Sand -- Diane Keaton -- Twiggy -- Chapter 6. Diana Vreeland: Fashion instigator -- Anna Wintour -- Grace Coddington -- Tavi Gevinson -- Chapter 7. Madonna: Fashion chameleon -- Grace Jones -- Marilyn Monroe -- Rihanna -- Chapter 8. Rei Kawakubo: Anti-fashion -- Cindy Sherman -- Yoko Ono -- Björk -- Chapter 9. Kathleen Hanna: Fashion radical -- Vivienne Westwood -- Beth Ditto -- Pussy Riot -- Chapter 10. Lady Gaga: Fashion Freak -- Nicki Minaj -- Cher -- Isabella Blow and Daphne Guinness.
Summary: "Explores the lives of ten famous women who have used clothing to make a statement, change perceptions, break rules, attract power, or express their individuality. Included are Cleopatra, Marie Antoinette, Coco Chanel, Marlene Dietrich, Madonna, and Lady Gaga. Sidebar subjects include: Elizabeth I, Marilyn Monroe, Rihanna, and Vivienne Westwood."--Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 391.2092 C944 Available 33111008479731
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The title says it all: Bad Girls of Fashion explores the lives of ten famous women who have used clothing to make a statement, change perceptions, break rules, attract power, or express their individuality. Included are Cleopatra, Marie Antoinette, Coco Chanel, Marlene Dietrich, Madonna, and Lady Gaga. Sidebar subjects include: Elizabeth I, Marilyn Monroe, Rihanna, and Vivienne Westwood.

Photos illuminate the text, while edgy, vividly colored illustrations depict the subjects with interpretive flair. Readers will learn not only about changing fashion styles through history, but about changing historical attitudes toward women, and the links between fashion and art, film, music, politics, and feminism. With an energetic, appealing writing style, Croll demonstrates how through the ages, women -- often without other means of power -- have used fashion as a tool, and how their influence continues to shape how women present themselves today.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201) and index.

Chapter 1. Cleopatra: Fashion leader -- Empress Dowager Cixi -- Elizabeth I -- Angela Davis -- 2. Marie Antoinette: Fashion decadent -- Imelda Marcos -- Rose Bertin -- Wallis Simpson -- Chapter 3. Coco Chanel: Fashion modernizer -- Josephine Baker -- Amelia Bloomer -- Louise Brooks -- Chapter 4. Frida Kahlo: Fashion artist -- Miuccia Prada -- M.I.A. -- Elsa Schiaparelli -- Chapter 5. Marlene Dietrich: Fashion gender-bender -- George Sand -- Diane Keaton -- Twiggy -- Chapter 6. Diana Vreeland: Fashion instigator -- Anna Wintour -- Grace Coddington -- Tavi Gevinson -- Chapter 7. Madonna: Fashion chameleon -- Grace Jones -- Marilyn Monroe -- Rihanna -- Chapter 8. Rei Kawakubo: Anti-fashion -- Cindy Sherman -- Yoko Ono -- Björk -- Chapter 9. Kathleen Hanna: Fashion radical -- Vivienne Westwood -- Beth Ditto -- Pussy Riot -- Chapter 10. Lady Gaga: Fashion Freak -- Nicki Minaj -- Cher -- Isabella Blow and Daphne Guinness.

"Explores the lives of ten famous women who have used clothing to make a statement, change perceptions, break rules, attract power, or express their individuality. Included are Cleopatra, Marie Antoinette, Coco Chanel, Marlene Dietrich, Madonna, and Lady Gaga. Sidebar subjects include: Elizabeth I, Marilyn Monroe, Rihanna, and Vivienne Westwood."--Provided by publisher.

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