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A review by toomanytomes
Dress, Memory by Lorelei Vashti
3.0
This book really hit a nerve with me. While Vashti had vastly different experiences to me, I understand the feeling of not knowing where you're going with your life while also wanting to be creative and successful.
The book comprises 10 chapters which each tell a different story from Lorelei's life at different ages through her twenties. Lorelei's collection of dresses features through each story, as a sort of touch-point.
I would have liked to see the photos of each dress at the beginning of the relevant chapter. The photos were grouped together in the middle of the book and as I was reading each chapter, I had to flip back and forth between the story and the photo so I would know what each dress looked like. I understand that this is more a printing and binding issue, but it would have made for a pleasanter reading experience.
I also feel like that the connection between some stories and dresses was a bit tenuous and came across as more of an after-thought on Lorelei Vashti's part. I would've liked a bit more of a description of how each dress figured in each story.
Overall, I enjoyed this book. Each story was reasonably self-contained but also linked back to other stories, in terms of Lorelei's relationships. I also really enjoyed the concept of a 'life in dresses'. So many of us take our clothes for granted, and it was nice to see an example of how clothes can be a significant part of our lives, our travels and our relationships.
The book comprises 10 chapters which each tell a different story from Lorelei's life at different ages through her twenties. Lorelei's collection of dresses features through each story, as a sort of touch-point.
I would have liked to see the photos of each dress at the beginning of the relevant chapter. The photos were grouped together in the middle of the book and as I was reading each chapter, I had to flip back and forth between the story and the photo so I would know what each dress looked like. I understand that this is more a printing and binding issue, but it would have made for a pleasanter reading experience.
I also feel like that the connection between some stories and dresses was a bit tenuous and came across as more of an after-thought on Lorelei Vashti's part. I would've liked a bit more of a description of how each dress figured in each story.
Overall, I enjoyed this book. Each story was reasonably self-contained but also linked back to other stories, in terms of Lorelei's relationships. I also really enjoyed the concept of a 'life in dresses'. So many of us take our clothes for granted, and it was nice to see an example of how clothes can be a significant part of our lives, our travels and our relationships.