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Author:

Croll, Jennifer, author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Annick Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

205 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, photographs ; 24 cm

Subject:

Fashion--History--Juvenile literature.
Women's clothing--History--Juvenile literature.
Celebrities--Clothing--Juvenile literature.
Costume--History--Juvenile literature.
Women--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Celebrities--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Fashion--History.
Women's clothing--History.
Celebrities--Clothing.
Costume--History.
Women--Biography.
Celebrities.
Biographies.

Other Authors:

Buchholc, Ada, illustrator.

Notes:

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

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:

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 {u2014} often without other means of power {u2014} have used fashion as a tool, and how their influence continues to shape how women present themselves today.

ISBN:

1554517869
9781554517862
1554517850
9781554517855

LCCN:

bl2016042000

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

SPPE104 -- Independence Public Library (Independence)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

TGPD826 -- LeClaire Community Library (Le Claire)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)