Fashion Box, by Antonio Mancinelli

Excellent like new hardcover Book overview Rethink the essentials. Thats the message of Antonio Mancinellis upbeat Fashion Box. The Italian Marie Claire editor uses iconic examples to show how even basics like blue jeans, the little black dress, a white shirt, and even T-shirts can be transformed into attractive fashion items. To establish his point, he shows readers how stars like Grace Kelly, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Scarlett Johansson achieve style with strategies that you can use. … the book is a gift for the price. In 479 pages, the editors take you through the modern history of fashion through film. Every page has a beautiful picture associated with it. They are basically all stars or celebrities, and they are stars wearing fashion. Fashion is about whats hot at the moment. Style is timeless. You will see Jackie Kennedy in Coco Chanel and Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffanys. The whole gambit of Hollywood is in this book because Hollywood is fashion. We see Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield in movies from the 1950s. This book is a blast from the past, and the present for that matter.