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基本信息·出版社：Viking Adult
·页码：256 页
·出版日期：2008年01月
·ISBN：0670018678
·条形码：9780670018673
·装帧：精装
·正文语种：英语
·外文书名：太阳镜的意义
内容简介 The dictionary Anna Wintour might keep in her desk drawer Miuccia Prada said, “Everyone who is smart says they hate fashion. . . . I have asked many super-serious people, ‘Then why is fashion so popular?’ Nobody can answer that question.” Now the author of the popular
Guardian column Ask Hadley does just that in
The Meaning of Sunglasses, examining the joys, silliness, and occasional insanity of our love affair with fashion. From (B) Botox— “when fashion meets
Logan’s Run”—to the joys of (V) vanity, Hadley Freeman has written an encyclopedia of lightly philosophical and instructional mini-essays to gladden the heart of everyone with a slight-to-obsessive interest in the fashion world.
In a tone both exasperated and affectionate she dissects our love-hate relationship with the way we look (and offers some tips on how to look better). With a razor-sharp wit that lives somewhere between
The Devil Wears Prada and
The Devil’s Dictionary, Freeman is a versatile and exciting new voice.
作者简介 Hadley Freeman is the deputy fashion editor at
The Guardian, where she writes the popular column Ask Hadley. Freeman attended Oxford University and received the Catherine Pakenham Journalism Prize. She has been a finalist for Young Journalist of the Year. She is a contributing editor for British
Vogue.
编辑推荐 From Publishers Weekly Belts aren't meant to hold up pants, according to Freeman, deputy fashion editor at the British newspaper the
Guardian; belts are superfluous additions to outfits that help cinch a waist or make one appear thinner. In her witty and acerbic debut book, Freeman notes what designer bags say about their owner (Fendi is for the well-groomed lady); the messages different hemlines can send (super short miniskirts will have men whistling Roy Orbison's greatest hit at you); and the trouble with the unnecessary distraction patterns provide. Her short chapters come at random as Freeman takes a haphazard approach to the fashion world by organizing her book alphabetically—which leads to some confusion as there are six separate chapters dealing with footwear. Her most convincing chapters expose the problems with the fashion industry, such as the unrealistic body image models like Kate Moss present. Readers plagued with indecision concerning what blouse is best or what jean style fits their body type can turn to Freeman, who doesn't pull her punches (ethnic clothes, like a pastel beach caftan, are offensive; mittens are childlike; and animal prints embarrassingly obvious).
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Review “[An] uproarious dictionary of style (or what passes for it).”
—Liesl Schillinger,
The New York Times “Wildly entertaining.”
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Entertainment Weekly “The world needs more wickedly observant naughty gals like Hadley Freeman.”
—Simon Doonan, Creative Director, Barneys and author of
Eccentric Glamour --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
