- Hardcover: 144 pages
- Publisher: Universe Publishing (30 Oct 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0789303736
- ISBN-13: 978-0789303738
- Product Dimensions: 29.8 x 21 x 2.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,087,774 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Profiles the work of fashion designer Bob Mackie through photographs and celebrity commentary.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I wasn't sure about buying this book at first because of the price tag, but as soon as opened the first page I realised what great value it was. Anyone who's ever loved costumes/fashion on the stage or the telivision will treasure this. There are gatefolds of colour pictures, glamour, fantastic design drawings...all by the brilliant designer Bob Mackie. There's a large section on Cher, Ann Margret, Mitz Gaynor,Carol Burnett and Rupaul, together with designing for Las Vagas as well as Hollywood. There are pictures of Diana Ross, Tina Turner, John Travolta...and a whole section on the Bob Mackie Barbie designs. There are even interviews with Bob Mackie himself. This is a high quality book, well worth the money.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Bob Mackie is an inspiration!
28 Nov 1999
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
The exhibit at F.I.T. this fall as well as my love of Bob's great model Cher prompted me to get this book. It's perfect for the die hard fashion victim, the star lover or the sheer lover of beautiful fashion craft and fantasy. I would advise everyone who knows a hollywood fashion lover to stuff the stocking with this book. The cover is gorgeous, and the dress looks to be the one Cher wore in the Player!The passages on his favorite women are revealing and colorfully illustrated with photographs and drawings!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Deliriously happy at [any price!]
28 May 2003
Format:Paperback
I bought Unmistakably Mackie after drooling over the book for nearly a year. It is beautiful, it is entertaining, it is over the top, it is history. It is also a fine education in costume design and fashion illustration.
I have other books that feature Mackie's unrivalled fashion illustrations, but here I can see and almost touch the finished costumes that made Cher and Carol and Ann-Margaret. I can finally analyze how they are made.
Please, don't wait to buy this wonderful book. and it is well worth getting a new, pristine copy of this treasure.
I have other books that feature Mackie's unrivalled fashion illustrations, but here I can see and almost touch the finished costumes that made Cher and Carol and Ann-Margaret. I can finally analyze how they are made.
Please, don't wait to buy this wonderful book. and it is well worth getting a new, pristine copy of this treasure.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Unmistakably Mackie -- if you love fashion...you'll love Bob
18 April 2000
Format:Hardcover
WOW! WOW! WOW! Unmistakably Mackie is a fabulous fashion book! This is by far my favorite book! The photography is stunning. The creative type layouts are imaginative. The sketches are wonderful. Anyone interested in costume &/or fashion design will LOVE this book writen by Frank DeCaro ("Style over Substance" columnist for the NY Times).
As a designer & illustrator just starting out, I find no end of inspiration in this book! The sketches are delightful and the outfits are always immaginative. (Looking at the photos & sketches, I found out I can draw Cher too!) :o)
Before reading this book on Bob Mackie, I had no idea the extent of his influence. I just knew I liked his designs. Now he is undoubtedly my favorite designer. (I want to do what he does!) This man has done everything...from his own ready-to-wear fashion line to Broadway, television (Cher and Carol Burnett), movies, ballet, an opera, Vegas and Barbie! If there's something he hasn't designed for, I'd be surprised.
I heartily recommend this book!
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