The Secret Lives of Dresses
$35.09
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
26 July 2011
Summary
‘Every dress has a story. Let me tell you mine…’
Dora is in love with a man who barely notices her, has a job she doesn’t care about, and dresses entirely for comfort, not style. All a far cry from her vivid, eccentric childhood, growing up with her beloved grandmother Mimi.
However, when disaster strikes, Dora knows she has no choice but to return to her childhood home and take over running Mimi’s vintage clothing shop. And there she makes a surprising discovery - Mimi’s been…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340993231 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0340993235 |
| Author: | Erin Mckean |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 26 July 2011 |
| Weight: | 261g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
‘Utterly beguiling’
Like a ‘50s cocktail dress this book is comfortable, well executed and blessed with an understated glamour. - Australian Women’s Weekly
What follows is a fairytale, including wicked relatives and a charming young man (no prince). The stories about dresses form a motif and a theme. McKean shows she can construct a novel. - Sunday Age A highly entertaining story… Told with a deft charm, The Secret Lives of Dresses has its particular market nicely sewn up. - The Age Frockaholics will love this sweet tale. - Grazia Set against a backdrop of vintage fashion, this is a heart warming novel. - Who MagazineEver slipped into a vintage dress and wondered who wore it first? Then you’ll adore The Secret Lives of Dresses. Penned by US fashion blogger Erin McKean, it follows Dora, who takes over her gran’s clothes shop and finds that in the pocket of every dress lies a history. - LookLove a romance? Love fashion? You’ll lap up this cute tale of a woman who looks after her grandmother’s shop and discovers all sorts of life secrets in the pocket of a dress. - HeatA lovingly stitched tale - NowAbout The Author
Erin Mckean
Erin McKean runs one of the most popular vintage fashion websites in the US. Writing and words are her passions and indeed her day job, as one of America’s most eminent lexicographers. THE SECRET LIVES OF DRESSES is her debut novel.
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