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This was a fun and interesting book. I learned a lot about fashion- how subversive and powerful it can be, what a statement it can make. Parents, educators, and other adults should keep in mind this book is geared toward a teen audience- some very brief descriptions (such as explaining why a pussy hat is called a pussy hat) might not be appropriate for younger readers, but are unfortunately somewhat necessary for older girls to know about. There are so many fashion items that women take for granted now, such as wearing jeans, but in 1899 outlaw Pearl Hart reportedly got arrested for wearing jeans, and was forced to change into a dress for her mugshot. I admit, though, I picked up this book to read about RBG and her dissent collar!
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As a fan of Ann Shen, this is another great read from her books. This book is similar to her other books, she give a history of the subject in question. There are items from Victorian times, to the the early 20th century, and current times. A lot of research has been done to create this book. It is clear that this is a good starting off point. Ann provides references to all things, that as a reader you can look at and see for yourself. The illustrations are lovely, I adored this book.
I did receive an ARC from edelweiss, but this has no affect on my thoughts or opinion of the book.
I did receive an ARC from edelweiss, but this has no affect on my thoughts or opinion of the book.
Nevertheless, She Wore It - Ann Shen (9/1)
Rating 5 / 5 Stars
** Thank you to Netgalley, Chronicle Books, and of course, Ann Shen, for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO EXPRESS HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS BOOK!
As I’ve grown, I’ve seen my fascinations with fashion and history collide even more. I think back on moments when I watched Audrey in her iconic LBD in front of Tiffany’s and seeing images of Jackie O’s beautiful and classic style in photos. In adulthood, there are times when fashion becomes synonymous with the person who pioneered the ensemble - Hillary and the pantsuit, Michelle, and the sleeveless shift dress (Hello! Arms!), RBG, and the dissent collar, Madonna, and her cone bra! All strong and powerful women whose fashion speaks the messages they wish to send.
Then I think of other aspects of beauty which have been pioneered over the years - Ann, for example, brings up Frida’s Unibrow - which in my opinion is coming back in style somewhat with the thick and bushy eyebrow trend.
I loved how diverse the examples were as well. Ann really captures the multiple layers of the feminist movement and how it has encompassed different themes over time from classic to trendy and funky. How else could you read about the Cone Bra or Lady Gaga’s Meat Dress and then the Dissent Collar? Two largely different items with at their core, a connection - strong women.
Now, I must discuss the illustrations Ann provides. OH MY GOD ARE THEY BEAUTIFUL! While I only have a digital copy right now, I know for a fact that I will be purchasing a hardcover for my bookshelf. This is a book that I know I will go back to time and time again. It is a great talking piece too and something so timeless that can be passed down to future girls learning about fashion and history.
5 Stars across the board, I cannot recommend this book enough!
Rating 5 / 5 Stars
** Thank you to Netgalley, Chronicle Books, and of course, Ann Shen, for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO EXPRESS HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS BOOK!
As I’ve grown, I’ve seen my fascinations with fashion and history collide even more. I think back on moments when I watched Audrey in her iconic LBD in front of Tiffany’s and seeing images of Jackie O’s beautiful and classic style in photos. In adulthood, there are times when fashion becomes synonymous with the person who pioneered the ensemble - Hillary and the pantsuit, Michelle, and the sleeveless shift dress (Hello! Arms!), RBG, and the dissent collar, Madonna, and her cone bra! All strong and powerful women whose fashion speaks the messages they wish to send.
Then I think of other aspects of beauty which have been pioneered over the years - Ann, for example, brings up Frida’s Unibrow - which in my opinion is coming back in style somewhat with the thick and bushy eyebrow trend.
I loved how diverse the examples were as well. Ann really captures the multiple layers of the feminist movement and how it has encompassed different themes over time from classic to trendy and funky. How else could you read about the Cone Bra or Lady Gaga’s Meat Dress and then the Dissent Collar? Two largely different items with at their core, a connection - strong women.
Now, I must discuss the illustrations Ann provides. OH MY GOD ARE THEY BEAUTIFUL! While I only have a digital copy right now, I know for a fact that I will be purchasing a hardcover for my bookshelf. This is a book that I know I will go back to time and time again. It is a great talking piece too and something so timeless that can be passed down to future girls learning about fashion and history.
5 Stars across the board, I cannot recommend this book enough!
This book is as pretty as it is informative! I loved the illustration style which is bright and colorful and simple, but not generic or Instagram-baiting.
And I genuinely learned some interesting things about fashion history that I hadn't known; both categorically about historic/cultural pieces and about specific pop culture saturated outfits. Shen provides context for historically zeitgeist-y outfits that really makes them much more interesting than I had anticipated!
My thanks to the author, publisher, and Netgalley for the arc to review.
And I genuinely learned some interesting things about fashion history that I hadn't known; both categorically about historic/cultural pieces and about specific pop culture saturated outfits. Shen provides context for historically zeitgeist-y outfits that really makes them much more interesting than I had anticipated!
My thanks to the author, publisher, and Netgalley for the arc to review.
Leído gracias a NetGalley :D (English below!
Este es un libro poderoso, lleno de empoderamiento y feminismo.
No soy muy fan de la moda-- me encanta leer sobre los cambios sociales que alguna prenda generó, o cómo las mujeres de X país hicieron suyas X prendas durante cierto momento histórico, aún sin ser una fashionista. Pero este libro es perfecto tanto para fashionistas como para les lectores del detrás de escena de la moda-- ¡y mucho mejor si sos ambas cosas!
Leemos y vemos (porque tiene hermosos dibujos de cada pieza y looks de los que se habla en el libro) muchas modas, en todos los sentidos de la palabra. Leés sobre cómo un corte de pelo cambió la forma en la que las mujeres negras se veían a sí mismas y a su belleza no-blanca en la sociedad, cómo el usar algo "masculino" hacía que los hombres estallaran en ansiedad y bronca, y cómo Marsha P. Johnson hizo de la corona de flores una característica suya y el significado detrás de ella.
Amé cómo las fechas están mezcladas porque no tenemos una línea del tiempo aburrida, pero, a la vez, en un par de lugares lo sentí medio desordenado, sobre todo cuando la autora mencionaba alguna prenda antes de hablar de ella. Por ejemplo, está hablando de los shorts y dice algo como "luego del éxito de las minifaldas..." (no es cita directa, sorry), y las minifaldas no llegan hasta dentro de 20 páginas. Lo mismo pasó leyendo sobre los pantalones de vestir y los tuxedos.
Pero nada, es un pequeño detalle que no hace a la big picture. Me encantó no solo leer sobre las prendas en sí (los jeans, la ropa "masculina", el durag), sino también sobre los eventos históricos, como la maratón que Kiran Gandhi corrió en el 2015 mientras menstruaba, cómo las adelitas hicieron suyos los rebozos durante la revolución y los pussyhats rosas en relación con la misoginia de Tr*mp y sus dichos machistas.
De nuevo, realmente creo que es un libro buenísimo tanto para fashionistas como para todas las personas que quieras saber más sobre la moda desde lo histórico y social.
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This is a powerful book full of empowerment and feminism!
I'm not a big fan of fashion-- I love to read about the societal changes a piece of clothing brought into the game, or how the women from X country made X clothes theirs during certain time, though I'm not a huge fashionista. But this book is perfect for both fashionistas and behind-the-scenes readers of fashion-- even better if you're both!
We read and see (because it has beautiful drawings of every piece of clothing or looks that you read in the book) a lot of fashion, in the every sense of the word. You read about how a haircut changed the way black women saw themselves and their own no-white-washed beauty in the society, how wearing anything remotely "masculine" made men anxious and angry, and how Marsha P. Johnson made the flower crown her trademark and the meaning behind it.
I loved how the dates are mixed so we don't have a boring timeline, but at the same time it seemed kind of messy in a couple of parts, where the author mentioned a piece of clothing before she talked about it. For example, she's talking about shorts and she says something like "after the success of the miniskirts..." (don't quote me on that), and the miniskirts don't come until 20 pages after that. The same thing happened to me when reading about the pantsuits and the tuxedos.
But yeah, that's a little detail that don't really matter in the bigger picture. I loved to not only read about the clothes per se (the jeans, the "manly" clothes, the durag) but also about historical events, like Kiran Gandhi's 2015 marathon and her period, how the adelitas made the rebozos their trademark and the pink pussyhats regarding Tr*mp's misogynistic and horrible words.
Again, I think it's a great book both for fashionistas and every person that wants to know more about fashion in an historical and societal way.
Este es un libro poderoso, lleno de empoderamiento y feminismo.
No soy muy fan de la moda-- me encanta leer sobre los cambios sociales que alguna prenda generó, o cómo las mujeres de X país hicieron suyas X prendas durante cierto momento histórico, aún sin ser una fashionista. Pero este libro es perfecto tanto para fashionistas como para les lectores del detrás de escena de la moda-- ¡y mucho mejor si sos ambas cosas!
Leemos y vemos (porque tiene hermosos dibujos de cada pieza y looks de los que se habla en el libro) muchas modas, en todos los sentidos de la palabra. Leés sobre cómo un corte de pelo cambió la forma en la que las mujeres negras se veían a sí mismas y a su belleza no-blanca en la sociedad, cómo el usar algo "masculino" hacía que los hombres estallaran en ansiedad y bronca, y cómo Marsha P. Johnson hizo de la corona de flores una característica suya y el significado detrás de ella.
Amé cómo las fechas están mezcladas porque no tenemos una línea del tiempo aburrida, pero, a la vez, en un par de lugares lo sentí medio desordenado, sobre todo cuando la autora mencionaba alguna prenda antes de hablar de ella. Por ejemplo, está hablando de los shorts y dice algo como "luego del éxito de las minifaldas..." (no es cita directa, sorry), y las minifaldas no llegan hasta dentro de 20 páginas. Lo mismo pasó leyendo sobre los pantalones de vestir y los tuxedos.
Pero nada, es un pequeño detalle que no hace a la big picture. Me encantó no solo leer sobre las prendas en sí (los jeans, la ropa "masculina", el durag), sino también sobre los eventos históricos, como la maratón que Kiran Gandhi corrió en el 2015 mientras menstruaba, cómo las adelitas hicieron suyos los rebozos durante la revolución y los pussyhats rosas en relación con la misoginia de Tr*mp y sus dichos machistas.
De nuevo, realmente creo que es un libro buenísimo tanto para fashionistas como para todas las personas que quieras saber más sobre la moda desde lo histórico y social.
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This is a powerful book full of empowerment and feminism!
I'm not a big fan of fashion-- I love to read about the societal changes a piece of clothing brought into the game, or how the women from X country made X clothes theirs during certain time, though I'm not a huge fashionista. But this book is perfect for both fashionistas and behind-the-scenes readers of fashion-- even better if you're both!
We read and see (because it has beautiful drawings of every piece of clothing or looks that you read in the book) a lot of fashion, in the every sense of the word. You read about how a haircut changed the way black women saw themselves and their own no-white-washed beauty in the society, how wearing anything remotely "masculine" made men anxious and angry, and how Marsha P. Johnson made the flower crown her trademark and the meaning behind it.
I loved how the dates are mixed so we don't have a boring timeline, but at the same time it seemed kind of messy in a couple of parts, where the author mentioned a piece of clothing before she talked about it. For example, she's talking about shorts and she says something like "after the success of the miniskirts..." (don't quote me on that), and the miniskirts don't come until 20 pages after that. The same thing happened to me when reading about the pantsuits and the tuxedos.
But yeah, that's a little detail that don't really matter in the bigger picture. I loved to not only read about the clothes per se (the jeans, the "manly" clothes, the durag) but also about historical events, like Kiran Gandhi's 2015 marathon and her period, how the adelitas made the rebozos their trademark and the pink pussyhats regarding Tr*mp's misogynistic and horrible words.
Again, I think it's a great book both for fashionistas and every person that wants to know more about fashion in an historical and societal way.
I love seeing Shen's art & reading her creative women-empowered stories.
"Nevertheless, She Wore It" was a fun look into the statements women had made with their outfits throughout history. I wish it was longer, I was surprised to reach the end; it was so interesting!
Some great outfits she chose to highlight.
A few things I wish were different: I wish it was in chronological order - switching from bob cuts to nipple pasties then back to "pants" in a few pages was a tad jarring. Chronologically, I think there's a pattern that would emerge to tell another story.
Also notably, Shen's personal political views do trickle in in more than a few places - so if you're looking for an escape from all that... this isn't it.
Overall, really gorgeous (as always with Shen) and a great, enjoyable read!
3.5
* I received an arc in exchange for my honest review*.
"Nevertheless, She Wore It" was a fun look into the statements women had made with their outfits throughout history. I wish it was longer, I was surprised to reach the end; it was so interesting!
Some great outfits she chose to highlight.
A few things I wish were different: I wish it was in chronological order - switching from bob cuts to nipple pasties then back to "pants" in a few pages was a tad jarring. Chronologically, I think there's a pattern that would emerge to tell another story.
Also notably, Shen's personal political views do trickle in in more than a few places - so if you're looking for an escape from all that... this isn't it.
Overall, really gorgeous (as always with Shen) and a great, enjoyable read!
3.5
* I received an arc in exchange for my honest review*.
If you love fashion, this book is for you. If you're a feminist, this book is for you. If you love history, this book is for you. Quick summation - this book is for you!
"Nevertheless She Wore It: 50 Iconic Fashion Moments" starts off by explaining "Clothes can speak louder than words. This book details many fashion moments that became fashion statements." Through gorgeous illustrations and detailed essays, Shen walks the reader through everything from hairstyles (the Afro and the Bob) and outfits (the Annie Hall and the Pachuca) to accessories (the Black Beret and the Dissent Collar ) and other components of women's looks (the Breast Pump and the Unibrow), showing how each one expressed a message and defined the wearer at that time. Some entries are celebrity-based (the Meat Dress) while others are more universal (the Jeans) but they all have one thing in common - they changed the way women who wore them were viewed by the world.
Shen explains that "Whether we choose to stand out or stand together, caring about fashion is a way of reclaiming our power." Here's to strong women and the statements they make with the outfits they wear!
"Nevertheless She Wore It: 50 Iconic Fashion Moments" starts off by explaining "Clothes can speak louder than words. This book details many fashion moments that became fashion statements." Through gorgeous illustrations and detailed essays, Shen walks the reader through everything from hairstyles (the Afro and the Bob) and outfits (the Annie Hall and the Pachuca) to accessories (the Black Beret and the Dissent Collar ) and other components of women's looks (the Breast Pump and the Unibrow), showing how each one expressed a message and defined the wearer at that time. Some entries are celebrity-based (the Meat Dress) while others are more universal (the Jeans) but they all have one thing in common - they changed the way women who wore them were viewed by the world.
Shen explains that "Whether we choose to stand out or stand together, caring about fashion is a way of reclaiming our power." Here's to strong women and the statements they make with the outfits they wear!
This is a much more researched and in-depth book than I expected it to be. I thought it would be a glorified list of fashion moments throughout history, mostly pictures with a fate of spending its lifetime as a centrepiece on a coffee table. But it's not. Instead, we get little glimpses on the importance in history of way more fashion "moments" and icons than I really anticipated. There's definitely some research than has gone into the wide variety of things chosen - and it isn't just clothing necessarily either. From hairstyles to 'moments', this book covers a wide range of iconic fashion. My favourite entries are the breast pump, the dissent collar, the flower crown, the marathoner (!!!), the presidential pantsuit, the rolled stocking, the tennis catsuit, and the unibrow. The only critique I have is that I wish there were either more illustrations (not everything had one, and it was often the ones I had never heard of that didn't) and that real life pictures were actually included. I realise that a certain aesthetic was trying to be achieved with the illustrations, but if you're featuring real things and real moments in history, I want to see those moments. I often had to stop and go search what the real things looked like because the drawings weren't enough. Other than that, I learned a lot from this book and really enjoyed going through it.
I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.