My Mother's Wedding Dress: The Life and Afterlife of Clothes

by Justine Picardie

Book Overview

A glorious meditation on why clothes matter. Beginning with the story of her mother's wedding dress, a perfect black French cocktail dress bought in 1960, writer and former Vogue editor Justine... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596911492
• ISBN13: 9781596911499
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Clothes, memory and emotions

This is a linked set of essays by a former writer for Vogue and other UK magazines and newspapers.We gradually learn much of the writer's personal history, refracted through clothes worn by herself, her family and others.I found it a moving and beautifully written meditation on the power of clothes to stimulate our curiosity, rouse our memories and comfort us.

Beautifully Written

I loved this book. I've always thought that clothes can be so evocative of other times in my life, they are so imbued with memories and emotions and Ms Picardie has captured this. I've always enjoyed her articles in UK Vogue and could not put this book down. It really is gorgeous, and her descriptions of her mother and sister and relations are beautiful.

A warm, rich survey

MY MOTHER'S WEDDING DRESS: THE LIFE AND AFTERLIFE OF CLOTHES isn't just about clothes, but about their relationship to human lives. Stories of the author's family, friends, and the fashion business blends with reflections on clothes in culture to consider much more than just style trends. Stories of the author's unusual wedding dress, her own first party dress worn as a child, and inherited family clothing with the power to bridge gaps in relationships and even the living with the dead makes for a blend of memoir and fashion industry encounters with supermodels and designers alike. A warm, rich survey evolves. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch

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