Red Lipstick An Ode To A Beauty Icon

Binding: Hardcover
Description: A unique full - color compendium that celebrates and explores the enduring power and allure of the world's most iconic lip shade jam - packed with entertaining stories anecdotes little - known facts quotes and more than 100 gorgeous images culled from fine art photography and beauty and fashion editorial and advertising. Pour yourself a drink put on some lipstick and pull yourself together. Elizabeth Taylor Lipstick is the one makeup item most women can t live without and the most iconic shade is red. Exuding power sensuality allure and mystery red lips have been a constant of fashion for more than 5,000 years beginning with Mesopotamian women around 3500 B. C. Throughout the ages red lipstick has been a signature look worn by royalty celebrities and real women across cultures and geography. In fact nearly all women own a tube of red lipstick whether it's the favorite shade they ve been wearing devotedly for years or as beauty boost they use for special occasions. Filled with a show - stopping selection of images and distinctively packaged the size of a clutch with a jacket printed with a matte velvet red finish Red Lipstick is the only cultural history of this makeup essential available. Granted unprecedented access to experts and the archives of revered brands like Chanel and Elizabeth Arden beauty writer Rachel Felder explores the origins and allure of red lipstick and illuminates its association with aristocracy sex appeal illicit sexuality rebellion power glamour fame and beauty. She also spotlights the fascinating array of women who have worn it through the ages including monarchs suffragettes flappers working women in World War II first ladies political leaders geishas Hollywood sirens rock and rollers fashionistas and more. Inside this enthralling book you ll discover why red lipstick makes women more attractive to others (and the science behind it); tips on choosing the most perfect shade of crimson; and a wealth of anecdotes quotations select literary excerpts and trivia such as the shade Carolyn Bessette Kennedy wore on her wedding day. Red Lipstick is packed with a museum's worth of fine art including both Man Ray's photograph Red Badge of Courage and infamous painting Les Amoreaux; lush rarely seen vintage magazine advertisements from stalwart brands like Guerlain and Dior; illustrations by renowned fashion illustrators such as Ren Gruau Daisy Villeneuve and Bil Donovan; artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti Edgar Degas Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Wayne Thiebaud and Walt Kuhn; and images of famous red lipstick wearers including Cleopatra Queen Elizabeth II Coco Chanel Grace Kelly Marilyn Monroe Audrey Hepburn Madonna Diana Vreeland Rihanna Paloma Picasso and many others. With its captivating chic design beautiful selection of visuals and engaging entertaining text Red Lipstick is a classic like the perfect red lip shade itself.
Title: Red Lipstick An Ode To A Beauty Icon
Author(s): Felder Rachel
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers Inc
Barcode: 9780062844262
Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Date: 4/9/2019
Category: Fashion & Society