Beauty in Exile: The Artists, Models, and Nobility who Fled the Russian Revolution and Influenced the World of Fashion
Read Online
| Title | : | Beauty in Exile: The Artists, Models, and Nobility who Fled the Russian Revolution and Influenced the World of Fashion |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.83 (105 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0810957019 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2000-11-01 |
| Genre | : |
A collection of the artists, models, and nobility who fled the Russian revolution and influenced the world of fashion.
Editorial : From Library Journal This unique, first-of-its-kind treatment of the influence of Russian migr s upon women's fashions during the early 20th century is breathtaking in depth and scope. Enhanced by over 840 black-and-white photographs and illustrations, the text describes successful accomplishments of dozens of Russian houses of couture prolific during the 1920s and 1930s in Paris, Constantinople, Berlin, and Harbin in far-off China. Forced to support themselves, noble Russian refugees employed what they knew best: elegance, style, and good taste. One, Valentina, found success in the United States, dressing Garbo and other film actresses. Characteristic Russian decorations and embroideries derived from Slavic and Eastern sources excited wealthy clientele who had been primed for things " la Russe" even before the Revolution by the dazzling exports of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and Art Moderne, the Russian version of Art Nouveau. Erte, the fashion illustrator, and beautiful and elegant wo
His writing has a deceptive simplicity and rhythm. While the information here is true and robust, the authors improper use of grammar and 'writing style' altogether is distracting and quite horrific; this truly comes across as being unprofessional; the word 'crap' is even used in an attempt to convey a point - I thought to myself: "is this for real"?.
It doesn't stop there it is actually so poorly written that I have this theory that the author put together his framework of information and then proceeded to use an auto generated 'scrambler' online to fill in the rest of the grammar structure. By now, everyone knows that the book tells the tragic story of Philomena Lee, who had an illegitimate child in the early 1950s while living at an abbey run by nuns in Ireland. A child sees his father and uncle reduced to merged body bits and his family “are having difficulty calming him down.”
Were it fiction we might criticise the lost opportunity for impassioned words
No comments:
Post a Comment