Power Dressing: First Ladies, Women Politicians and Fashion
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (654 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1858945151 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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“A must-read” — Vogue (UK)“Women of any age—and any career stage—will find strong ideas for self-presentation here, along with refreshing new style icons.” — Wall Street Journal“In the ivory tower occupied by political pundits, Young’s book might just make some waves, opening up an honest dialogue about a subject that has remained intellectually taboo despite the relentless tabloid-like attention it attracts.” — New York Times“Every woman plotting her way to the top should read ‘Power Dressing’…” — International Herald Tribune“‘Power Dressing’… is an entertaining, thoughtful account of the role of clothing in politics, and the myriad ways — good, bad and ugly — that women all over the world have used it to communicate their ideas and their power.&r
Featuring hundreds of photographs that shed light on political context, and quotations from prominent figures commenting on each woman’s style, this fascinating book reveals the milestone fashion moments’ as well as the unspoken rules of the political fashion game.. In Power Dressing, fashion journalist Robb Young offers an engaging perspective on the ability of style to influence the careers of women politicians and first ladies. Some find the constant scrutiny an unwelcome intrusion; others use fashion as their secret weapon. Whatever their views, women in politics know they will be judged by how they dress more than their male counterparts. Concise thematic chapters are interspersed with profiles of more than 50 serving and former women presidents, prime ministers, MPs, royals and wives from over 30 countries, ranging from such contemporary figures as Michelle Obama, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Angela Merkel and Queen Rania of Jordan to such iconic women as Eva Perón, Imelda Marcos and Margaret
interpretations of the fashion of the world's leading women Fittingly, a full-page photograph of Jackie Kennedy faces the Foreword. For Jackie is widely recognized as the first woman in the spotlight of politics and public affairs to draw attention to what she wore with related interest in what bearing this had on . "Wonderful Book!" according to woofmeowcheep. I love how one can pick up this book and be informed, enlightened, educated a bit, as well as entertained. What a well written piece of work. I know more about these women through this book than I did before I read it. The pictures are quite a nice additio. "Well written, no deeper analysis" according to claudia hulshof. I liked to read this book. It is a challenging subject, difficult to write about, I think. It is well written and provides some interesting points of view on power dressing. Minor point is - in my view - that I don't have a deeper understanding of power dr