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A review by lorees_reading_nook
My Mother's Wedding Dress by Justine Picardie
4.0
Some people have commented that this book is 'shallow' and, it probably is, because it is a book about clothes. Why we wear them, why we choose some colours over others, what they mean to us and how a particular item of clothing sometimes takes on a life and story of its own. We associate emotions with clothes, we remember people through the clothes they wore and which we may keep after their passing for sentimental reasons. This book explores our fascination, or lack of it, with clothes and the connection between clothes and literature.
Woven into this narrative are many personal glimpses into Picardie’s life and family and her encounters with designers such as Donatella Versace and Karl Lagerfeld.
This book has its faults, like too many parentheses and over-long ones at that, and there are a couple of chapters that go into too much unnecessary detail but, overall, I really enjoyed reading it.
Woven into this narrative are many personal glimpses into Picardie’s life and family and her encounters with designers such as Donatella Versace and Karl Lagerfeld.
This book has its faults, like too many parentheses and over-long ones at that, and there are a couple of chapters that go into too much unnecessary detail but, overall, I really enjoyed reading it.