From one of the stylish minds of Style.com, Senior Features Editor Laird Borrelli-Persson has released a book about the a closet staple- the cocktail dress.
This book features colorful images from print and film that highlight some of the most iconic cocktail dresses ever, while giving and indept and enlighten journet of the iconic style and closet staple.
"Exploring the history of the dress and its evolution, THE COCKTAIL DRESS showcases a dazzling presentation of cocktail frocks throughout fashion history including gorgeous new and vintage images, fine art, magazine covers, screen stills from classic films, and captivating fashion shots."
Throughout THE COCKTAIL DRESS are alluring images and historical facts of fashion and film icons clad in stunning cocktail attire, including:
· Christian Dior’s “New Look”, a cocktail dress with a full skirt and cinched waits, emphasizing a woman’s hourglass figure, which still remains one of the most classic of cocktail silhouettes.
· Jacqueline Kennedy, a true fashion icon throughout her life, dressed in monochromatic tones with pill box-hats and white gloves.
· Diane von Furstenberg, who encouraged women to embrace femininity and freedom and introduced her iconic wrap dress in the 1970s and is still influential today
· Christian Lacroix’s pouf skirts that emphasized the culture of the 1980s
· Tom Ford, who revitalized Gucci in the early 1990s, celebrating the beauty of the female form, creating a style that evoked raw sexuality
· To today’s emerging designers and influences from the Internet, reality television, YouTube, and “masstige” labels such as H&M
Book is available now!!
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