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Summary: A collection of beautiful, breathtaking photographs!!!
Review: This book is absolutely breathtaking. Organized by decade, you are taken through a journey of "looks" of the 20th century and beyond. Each section features photos of "real" women of the era and then gorgeous photographs of various celebrities and models styled to look like images or celebrities of the past. Some of the most beautiful are Isabella Rossellini as Betty Page and Elizabeth Hurley as a 1910s Temptress and a 1920s Jazz Age Star.
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Summary: A collection of beautiful, breathtaking photographs!!!
Review: This book is absolutely breathtaking. Organized by decade, you are taken through a journey of "looks" of the 20th century and beyond. Each section features photos of "real" women of the era and then gorgeous photographs of various celebrities and models styled to look like images or celebrities of the past. Some of the most beautiful are Isabella Rossellini as Betty Page and Elizabeth Hurley as a 1910s Temptress and a 1920s Jazz Age Star.
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Summary: Chic but not fatal.
Review: This book presents beautiful pictures of famous and enticing modern women: but to call them "femmes fatales" would be to mischaracterize them.By definition, the term "femmes fatales" was coined to gorgeous women whose actions were detrimental or harmful to their men or partners. Thus, in real life a woman could be gorgeous without being fatal, or vice versa, she could be fatal without being exceptionally gorgeous. Cleopatra was one such woman, who although not extraordinarily beautiful, was able to charm two Roman generals and to lead them to their downfall. Although hairstyle was an important component of a woman's appearance, it was certainly not the unique feature of a person. Her eyes, smile, demeanor, sleek appearance, and clothing also played important roles. Therefore, to reduce a woman's character to her hairdo, as the hairstylist-author had suggested, was to overly simplify the matter. The women photographed in the book were certainly "chic," although not necessarily "fatal."
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