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Review Walker Books Ltd / Fairie-ality: The Ellwand Collection

Fairie-ality: The Ellwand Collection (Walker Books Ltd)

Authors

Eugenie Bird

Creator: David Ellwand
Publication date: 2002-11-04
Dewey code: 133
RRP: ~~£25.00~~
Price: £24.50

Review Fairie-ality: The Ellwand Collection / Walker Books Ltd:

Fairie-ality is an unashamedly sumptuous coffee-table book that takes a tongue-in-cheek look at what all well-dressed little people will be wearing this season. Based on the latest collection from top sprite couturier, the House of Ellwand, it offers a huge variety of outfits that the average fairy fashionista would sell her wings for. Photographer and designer David Ellwand's pictures evoke garments of ethereal delicacy (and often downright eccentricity), interspersed with beautiful landscape shots of bluebell woods, mist-shrouded waterfalls and the like. Ellwand has taken his inspiration directly from nature, using real natural materials as diverse as flowers, leaves, shells and feathers. Fashion illustrator David Downton provides delicate watercolour interpretations of the outfits. Eugenie Bird's copy is a knowing send-up of breathlessly earnest fashion magazine style. A description of a dress for a "Romantic Getaway Weekend" reads as follows: "Wild geraniums and buttercups with narrow grass straps. Somehow you knew this would be the weekend that he would pop The Question. " Outfits for every conceivable social occasion are covered (if your social calendar includes such events), from a presentation to the Fairie Queen to an invitation to a fairy wedding. The quality of the presentation is indisputable, printed on good quality paper with all sorts of inserts and pockets. [+]

Particularly good fun is the "Mix and Match" section, where you can create your own combination of looks by overlaying different pages. Appealing though Fairie-ality undoubtedly is, it's more likely to make an ideal gift for the fashion victim/New Age type in your life rather than the fairytale-loving youngster. Suitable for ages 12 upwards. -Alison Drury.

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Review Tokyo Street Style: Fashion in Harajuku / Thames & Hudson Ltd:

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Review Madonna Style / Omnibus Press:

Review Amy Butler's Midwest Modern: A Fresh Design Spirit for the Modern Lifestyle / Stewart, Tabori & Chang:

Review The 1960s (Fashion Sourcebooks) / Thames & Hudson Ltd:

Review The Hip Handbag Book: 25 Easy-to-make Totes, Purses and Bags / Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.,U.S.:

Review Elegance: The Seeberger Brothers and the Birth of Fashion Photography / Chronicle Books:

Review Koto Bolofo: Venus / Steidl Verlag:

Review The Visual Dictionary of Fashion Design (Reference) / AVA Publishing SA:

Review Chanel Fashion Review Paper Dolls: Paper Dolls in Color / Dover Publications Inc.:

Review History of 20th Century Fashion / Batsford Ltd:

Review Sportstech: Revolutionary Fabrics, Fashion and Design / Thames & Hudson Ltd:

Review Addicted to Love: The Kate Moss Story / Omnibus Press:

Review American Women / Powerhouse Cultural Entertainment Books:

Review Fashion Now: v. 2 / Taschen GmbH:

Review The Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles: Craftsmanship, Elegance, and Function / Rizzoli International Publications:

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