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    Book Review: Audrey Hepburn: The Illustrated World of a Fashion Icon by Megan Hess

    Earlier this year, I wrote a review of Megan Hess’ Grace Kelly: The Illustrated Wold of a Fashion Icon. You can read that post here. In that post, I mentioned I planned on writing a review about Megan Hess’ book…

    By essieofwho September 13, 2024
  • Blog,  Blogmas,  Blogmas 2022,  Books,  christmas,  Fashion,  Holidays,  Lifestyle

    Book Review: Claris The Chicest Mouse in Paris: Holiday Heist by Megan Hess

    Near the end of 2021, I found one of Megan Hess’ Clairs books went on sale on Amazon. It was reduced enough that I felt comfortable purchasing it. The book, called Claris, The Chicest Mouse in Paris Holiday Heist, is…

    By essieofwho December 21, 2022
  • Blog,  Books,  Lifestyle

    Book Review: The Dress: 100 Iconic Moments in Fashion by Megan Hess

    Earlier this year, I decided to collect some of Megan Hess’ books. The first book I purchased was Illustrated World of Couture, but my second and third was New York: Through the Fashion Eye and The Dress: 100 Iconic Moments…

    By essieofwho June 26, 2022
  • Blog,  Books,  Fashion,  Haute Couture,  Lifestyle

    Book Review: The Illustrated World of Couture by Megan Hess

    For the past few weeks, I’ve had a lot of time to read. Because of this, I decided to dedicate the next seven posts to reviewing some of the books I read, reread, or read and recently thought about. For…

    By essieofwho June 24, 2022
  • Blog,  Books,  Fashion,  Lifestyle,  Wedding

    Book Review: It’s All About the Dress by Randy Fenoli

    It’s June, the traditional month to get married. Here in Arizona, people do get married in June, but the weddings are usually smaller, budget friendly, and/or are held early in the morning or at night. The reason why weddings are…

    By essieofwho June 1, 2022
  • Blog,  Books,  Lifestyle

    Books I’m Currently Reading- July 2021

    July has already passed, but I still wanted to talk about the books I read. I didn’t have the time to read a lot of books, but I was able to read three. I enjoyed reading, or rereading in the…

    By essieofwho August 4, 2021
  • Blog,  Books,  Lifestyle,  Personal & Comentary

    Book Review: Vogue on Christian Dior by Charlotte Sinclair

    Recently, while looking through my book collection, I discovered my copy of Vogue on Christian Dior by Charlotte Sinclair. When I purchased the book, I was very excited to read it, but I was distracted shortly after I began to…

    By essieofwho July 7, 2021
  • Blog,  Books,  Lifestyle

    Art, Fashion, and Sewing Books I Want to Own- March 2021

    I recently began to clean out my books, dust them, and take innovatory of what books I own and which ones I don’t. After doing this, I realized there are a few sewing, art, and fashion books I would like…

    By essieofwho March 9, 2021
  • Blog,  Blogmas,  Blogmas 2020,  Books,  christmas,  Clothing,  Dior,  Fashion,  Holidays,  Lifestyle,  Luxury

    5 Favorite Fashion Books to Give as Gifts for Christmas 2020

    For many years, I collect fashion books. Some of them are for specific collections or fashion houses, others are about fashion styles from specific time periods. Some are coffee table books while others are actually textbooks that are used by…

    By essieofwho December 9, 2020
  • Blog,  Books,  christmas,  Dior,  Fashion,  Holidays,  Lifestyle,  Shoes

    Christmas Presents to Myself- 2017

    Last year, after watching videos about what the Youtubers got for Christmas, I decided not to talk about the presents I received simply because I didn’t feel comfortable talking about what others bought me. Instead, I decided to talk about…

    By essieofwho January 16, 2018

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