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A review by joabroda
A Dress of Violet Taffeta by Tessa Arlen
informative
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
3.5
Historical Fiction set in the late 1800’s early 1900’'s about Lucy Duff Gordan, famed dress designer and innovator in the fashion world.
To say that Duff Gordon blazed the trail would be putting things mildly. The story is good, and the protagonist being a strong women did not hurt the chances of my liking it. The tale begins when Lucy divorces her first alcoholic/gambling husband and is in need of way of supporting herself and her daughter. She begins designing dresses for rich women she has come to know through her sister and becomes the go-to couture.
I was a bit disappointed in the ending being so abrupt, I would have preferred the author carried the story to it's final end. Arlen admits to embellishing here and there on the true story, but her facts are correct and so it appears her research was solid.
A decent book to while the spring time days away with-
To say that Duff Gordon blazed the trail would be putting things mildly. The story is good, and the protagonist being a strong women did not hurt the chances of my liking it. The tale begins when Lucy divorces her first alcoholic/gambling husband and is in need of way of supporting herself and her daughter. She begins designing dresses for rich women she has come to know through her sister and becomes the go-to couture.
I was a bit disappointed in the ending being so abrupt, I would have preferred the author carried the story to it's final end. Arlen admits to embellishing here and there on the true story, but her facts are correct and so it appears her research was solid.
A decent book to while the spring time days away with-