Forgotten Fashion : An Illustrated Faux History of Outrageous Trends and Their Untimely Demise (Paperback)

from FranklyMyDarling

What "Forgotten Fashion" does, it does well. It's well-written, quite humorous, extremely imaginative and the illustrations invite second looks. Despite everything it does right, I still felt that perhaps I needed the help of hallucinogens to really "get" it. I like fashion, probably more than yo...

from Ancientgirl

This is the sort of book that, like many in the humor genre, doesn't seem like it's meant to be read straight through. Instead, I find myself picking it up when I need a little giggle and reading about "the Hood-olo" (a garment consists entirely of a giant hood) or "The Fidelity Cardigan" (which ...

from bethany817two

I was incredibly excited to read this book; after all, I fit the description on the back cover: I enjoy past issues of fashion magazines (though I let my library do the stockpiling), I adore Project Runway, and I'd certainly like to think I have a sense of humor. Perhaps my expectations were simp...

from curvymommy

I was looking forward to this book - as a devourer of fashion magazines since my junior high days, the premise of this book sounded very funny. However, while it was entertaining to browse through, it wasn't as funny as I thought it would be. It was too high-brow, too stuffy. Like a previous revi...

from ealaindraoi

I'm not a huge fan of fashion, but I do love a good parody! This was an amusing little book with quirky and funny little stories about long-gone fashions that never really happened. The only problem with this book is that the stories and fashions actually look and sound like things that COULD hav...