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23%OFFErin McKean - The Secret Lives of Dresses - 9780340993231 - V9780340993231
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The Secret Lives of Dresses

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Description for The Secret Lives of Dresses Paperback. Stunning debut women's fiction that reaches out to the fashion/zeitgeist conscious with a tale of vintage frocks and new love Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.

'Every dress has a story.
Let me tell you mine...'

Dora is in love with a man who barely notices her, has a job she doesn't care about, and dresses entirely for comfort, not style. All a far cry from her vivid, eccentric childhood, growing up with her beloved grandmother Mimi.

However, when disaster strikes, Dora knows she has no choice but to return to her childhood home and take over running Mimi's vintage clothing shop. And there she makes a surprising discovery - Mimi's been writing stories to accompany every dress she sells. Romantic, heartbreaking tales about each one's secret life before it got to her shop...

Dora starts to matchmake these lonely frocks with new owners, but will the stories help her as well? Trading her boring high street clothes for vintage glamour is one thing. What she needs to know is whether she can trade her safe old life - and love - for something better too?

A captivating and enchanting novel for every girl who knows that the right dress can change your life. By the author of the popular blog www.dressaday.com.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340993231
SKU
V9780340993231
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10

About Erin McKean
Erin McKean runs one of the most popular vintage fashion websites in the US www.dressaday.com. Writing and words are her passions and indeed her day job, as one of America's most eminent lexicographers. THE SECRET LIVES OF DRESSES is her debut novel.

Reviews for The Secret Lives of Dresses
Style queens and Mad Men fans will love this heart-warming story
Bella
Love a romance? Love fashion? You'll lap up this cute tale of a woman who looks after her grandmother's shop and discovers all sorts of life secrets in the pocket of a dress.
Heat
Ever slipped into a vintage dress and wondered who wore it first? Then you'll adore The Secret Lives of Dresses. Penned by US fashion blogger Erin McKean, it follows Dora, who takes over her gran's clothes shop and finds that in the pocket of every dress lies a history.
Look
A lovingly stitched tale
Now
McKean's gentle, stylish and bittersweet tale is made even more enjoyable due to her obvious love and knowledge of timeless fashion
Press Association
Sweet and enjoyable... a heartwarming read
Image
A girlie, captivating tale of frocks and love
Closer
'Utterly beguiling'
Marie Claire
an enchanting novel for anyone with a love of dresses
Irish Tatler
This delicious novel began as a series of stories on the author's blog, each told from the point of view of a beauteous vintage frock . . . Bliss
Saga magazine

Goodreads reviews for The Secret Lives of Dresses


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