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A review by 5elementknitr
1940s Fashion: The Definitive Sourcebook by Emmanuelle Dirix
5.0
If you enjoy vintage fashion, you'll want to read this while wearing a fashionable bib.
My library doesn't have this book, so I've had to do interlibrary loan to see it. That means requesting, waiting two weeks, having it for three weeks, reluctantly giving it back, waiting a week or so for it to get to the library where it lives, then starting the process over again. I must've gone through this process over a dozen times to finally get through the entire book.
That's why it's taken me over a year-and-a-half to get through it's luscious 500 pages. I read every word, pored over every detail of every bit of fashion on every single page.
I'm actually a little sad that I've finally finished it.
My only disappointment was how small the evening gown section was. But, according to each section's very informative description, that was actually how it was in the 1940s due to WWII.
If I had the $200 needed, I would buy this book in a heartbeat.
My library doesn't have this book, so I've had to do interlibrary loan to see it. That means requesting, waiting two weeks, having it for three weeks, reluctantly giving it back, waiting a week or so for it to get to the library where it lives, then starting the process over again. I must've gone through this process over a dozen times to finally get through the entire book.
That's why it's taken me over a year-and-a-half to get through it's luscious 500 pages. I read every word, pored over every detail of every bit of fashion on every single page.
I'm actually a little sad that I've finally finished it.
My only disappointment was how small the evening gown section was. But, according to each section's very informative description, that was actually how it was in the 1940s due to WWII.
If I had the $200 needed, I would buy this book in a heartbeat.