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12 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Pretty Disappointing
9 Oct 2009
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
You know not to judge a book by its cover, right? - Well, between the cover and the "Look Inside" pictures that Amazon provided, I thought this book looked promising. I assumed that it would provide a pictorial history of the development of men's fashion in America. I suppose it did, but it used large numbers of, what I would consider to be far out pictures of simply stupid looks. Honestly, pictures of Devo and Dennis Rodman??? Guys in orange and Windex blue suits - why? Pictures of some dude named Patrick McDonald looking like Phyllis Diller (but with more make-up) - what does this have to do with real fashion (i.e., what men actually wear). I would estimate about 1/3 of the pictures to be interesting/decent. I have to consider whether I'll squirrel this away somewhere in my library or simply sell it on Amazon as a used book. I would be embarrassed to have this as a coffee table book for fear someone would actually open it and think this book somehow reflected my taste.
A waste of time and money. It's more a pictorial essay of modern sartorial vulgarism, bad AND stupid taste, and fashion outlandishness than of the development and changes in men's fashion. Could have been so much better - see Farid Chenoune's book "A History of Men's Fashion" in lieu of this book.
A waste of time and money. It's more a pictorial essay of modern sartorial vulgarism, bad AND stupid taste, and fashion outlandishness than of the development and changes in men's fashion. Could have been so much better - see Farid Chenoune's book "A History of Men's Fashion" in lieu of this book.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Largely a picture book
23 Feb 2010
Format:Hardcover
This is far from a scholarly historical study of American men's dress. Rather, it's largely a picture book with full-page photos that seem mostly to be of theatrical costumes and runway spectacles - certainly little men's "fashion" that was ever sold in a haberdashery of yore or a Montgomery Ward catalog. The images are arranged in a disjointed assortment of odd chapter topics ranging from "utility" (with John Wayne in a beaded, fringed buckskin suit!) to "Hollywood" and "music" (stage-wear drama of Cab Calloway, Michael Jackson, and Devo). Hardly "American Fashion Menswear" as the title claims. To add to the confusion, too many of the photo captions are separated from the images and stacked in illogical places that require the reader to flip back and forth trying to figure out which caption refers to which photo. And most of the captions are written as personality commentary with little information about any historical "fashion" purpose of the photos. Likewise, the very brief chapter introductions - set in an over-sized typeface - lack substance and are little more than space filler. The publisher would've done better to market the book as a collection of photos, which in hindsight, wasn't really worth the price.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
fashion book
28 Jun 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Great search book for fashion and costume designers. This is a very high quality book that contains excellent pictures.
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