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Bad Girls of Fashion: Style Rebels from Cleopatra to Lady Gaga
Contributor(s): Croll, Jennifer (Author), Buchholc, Ada (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1554517850     ISBN-13: 9781554517855
Publisher: Annick Press
OUR PRICE:   $13.46  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Art - Fashion
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Girls & Women
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - General
Dewey: 391.209
Lexile Measure: 1130
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 7.2" W x 8.9" (1.15 lbs) 208 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Sex & Gender - Girl's Interest
- Topical - Girl's Interest
 
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Publisher Description:
The title says it all: Bad Girls of Fashion explores the lives of ten famous women who have used clothing to make a statement, change perceptions, break rules, attract power, or express their individuality. Included are Cleopatra, Marie Antoinette, Coco Chanel, Marlene Dietrich, Madonna, and Lady Gaga. Sidebar subjects include: Elizabeth I, Marilyn Monroe, Rihanna, and Vivienne Westwood.

Photos illuminate the text, while edgy, vividly colored illustrations depict the subjects with interpretive flair. Readers will learn not only about changing fashion styles through history, but about changing historical attitudes toward women, and the links between fashion and art, film, music, politics, and feminism. With an energetic, appealing writing style, Croll demonstrates how through the ages, women -- often without other means of power -- have used fashion as a tool, and how their influence continues to shape how women present themselves today.