Join us on a literary world trip!
Add this book to bookshelf
Grey
Write a new comment Default profile 50px
Grey
Subscribe to read the full book or read the first pages for free!
I want to read the book!
All characters reduced
Famous Frocks: The Little Black Dress - Patterns for 20 Garment Inspired by Fashion Icons - cover

Famous Frocks: The Little Black Dress - Patterns for 20 Garment Inspired by Fashion Icons

Dolin Bliss O'Shea

Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Summary

“[A] stylishly presented collection of sewing patterns for 10 LBDs; O’Shea also shows how each pattern can be adapted to another look.” —Publishers Weekly   Coco Chanel, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly . . . Each of these women had an influential take on the most classic wardrobe staple of all: the Little Black Dress. In this chic sewing book, patternmaker Dolin Bliss O’Shea pulls inspiration from famous LBDs throughout history—including Mary Quant’s mod mini, a classic wrap dress worn by Liza Minnelli, Princess Diana’s smart A-line, and more—and offers patterns for reinterpreted versions that are perfectly stylish. Including ten full dress patterns with sewing variations to make twenty garments in all, a primer on sewing techniques, vintage photographs of style icons, and full-color shots of the finished pieces, this book has everything fashionistas need to bring timeless style right into their closets.  “Features famous little black dresses over the decades. Learn how to sew up Audrey Hepburn’s Sabrina Dress or Kate Moss’ sexy lace dress of the millennium . . . The patterns in this book can take you through the work week to weekend cocktail parties!” —Coquette
Available since: 08/12/2014.
Print length: 178 pages.

Other books that might interest you

  • The Watts Towers Project - cover

    The Watts Towers Project

    Roger Guenveur Smith

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Smith's edgy and funny The Watts Tower Project focuses on Simon Rodia, the Italian immigrant who spent 33 years building his towers - only to walk away from them, never to return.  Smith blends his own childhood, the life of Rodia, and L.A. history to create a wonderfully eclectic piece.An L.A. Theatre Works performance featuring Roger Guenveur Smith.
(P)2007 L.A. Theater Works
    Show book
  • Screen Directors Playhouse - Chicago Deadline & The Fighting O'Flynn - cover

    Screen Directors Playhouse -...

    Tiffany Thayer, Justin Huntly...

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    In Hollywood’s Golden Age stars were everywhere.  As well as entertaining us in the local movie theatre many of them came to our home, our very own living room. Here they would perform radio versions of big-name films. Screen Directors Playhouse was famous for the lavish use of stars in their productions. Listen now and find out why it really was just like having your very own film studio in your living room.
    Show book
  • Still Life 120 illustrations - cover

    Still Life 120 illustrations

    Victoria Charles

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Cézanne transformed a teacup into something alive, raising still-life to the point that it ceased to be inanimate. Wassily Kandinsky said about the French artist: “He painted these things as human beings because he was endowed with the gift of divining the inner life in everything.” In addition to those of Cézanne, this book is devoted to still-life paintings by artists such as Van Gogh, Matisse, Chardin and Picasso.
    Show book
  • In Love with Art - Françoise Mouly's Adventures in Comics with Art Spiegelman - cover

    In Love with Art - Françoise...

    Jeet Heer

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Nominated for a 2014 Saskatchewan Book Award
 
Françoise Mouly, an editor and publisher of uncommon taste and creativity, and an artist in her own right, has spent nearly four decades transforming comics. With her husband, Art Spiegelman, Mouly founded the landmark magazine RAW, which showcased artists such as Ben Katchor, Chris Ware, Charles Burns and Sue Coe, and, along with Spiegelman's Maus, brought an avant-garde sensibility to the popular art form. As art editor of The New Yorker since 1993, Mouly has remade the face of that venerable magazine with covers that capture the political and social upheavals of the last two decades, from the black-on-black cover after 9/11 to the Obamas' pre-election fist-bump. And now, with TOONâ??Books, Mouly is at the forefront of a new wave of comic-making for children.
 
Based on exclusive interviews with Mouly, Spiegelman and a pantheon of comics artists – including Dan Clowes, Anita Kunz and Bill Griffith – In Love With Art is both the first book-length portrait of a female pioneer in a male-dominated industry and a rare, behind-the-scenes look at some of today’s most iconic images. Through the prism of an uncommonly successful relationship, the book tells the story of one of the most remarkable artistic transformations of our time.
 
‘Jeet Heer more thoroughly and widely understands comics history and the perplexing binomial life of the cartoonist better than anyone who's not one. As well-versed in literature as he is in comics, he always gets at the peculiar, poetical texture of his subject not only by what he writes, but how he writes it – clearly, mellifluously, and beautifully. Our humble discipline is singularly lucky to have him telling its story.’ – Chris Ware
    Show book
  • The Bear Went Over The Mountain - cover

    The Bear Went Over The Mountain

    Karen Mitzo Hilderbrand, Kim...

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Kids will love this sweet story/song combination as they listen to “The Bear Went Over The Mountain,” and follow along word-for-word in the adorably illustrated eBook. This well-known, repetitive children song comes to life with sweet art and fun music. “The Bear Went Over The Mountain,” encourages learning through music and introduces children to important early literacy skills.
    Show book
  • Resisting the African ‘brain drain’ that has created a health care crisis - cover

    Resisting the African ‘brain...

    PBS NewsHour

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    A "brain drain" is sending many of Africa’s highly skilled workers abroad--and leaving a painful void in their absence. But an organization called Seed Global Health is training new medical professionals and encouraging them to remain in their native countries, where they are so desperately needed. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Uganda as part of his series Agents for Change.
    Show book