tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post2025435405057048012..comments2024-03-29T11:36:25.050+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: The Five Simple Machines by Todd McEwenClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-25743937557073270412013-07-27T09:52:20.736+01:002013-07-27T09:52:20.736+01:00Col, it's a funny one because I did enjoy the ...Col, it's a funny one because I did enjoy the book, but I wouldn't at all be saying 'oh yes, you must try this one.' Very masculine though!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-91989217234297732772013-07-27T09:51:34.170+01:002013-07-27T09:51:34.170+01:00Indeed Margot - the more I think about it the more...Indeed Margot - the more I think about it the more weird it seems that Barbie features so little in books...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-16659487248029632692013-07-27T08:39:36.374+01:002013-07-27T08:39:36.374+01:00This looks an interesting collection, I'll pon...This looks an interesting collection, I'll ponder it for a while I think.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-37671785359617762232013-07-27T03:44:10.605+01:002013-07-27T03:44:10.605+01:00Moira - It's so interesting I think how Barbie...Moira - It's so interesting I think how Barbie has changed over the decades. As you say, she used to be a hard-edged 'career girl.' Not now. In fact, it's gotten to the point where I didn't want my daughter to have a Barbie doll when she was little. I just didn't want her to 'buy' that image. Oh, and I'm enjoying the humour just of the snippets you've shared; I'll bet the book has a lot of wit. You know, you make a well-taken point: as much as Barbie has influenced popular culture over the years, it's a wonder we don't see her more in fiction other than in passing references. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-39031436441634265902013-07-26T20:47:02.658+01:002013-07-26T20:47:02.658+01:00Oh I'll have to check all those out, thanks Lu...Oh I'll have to check all those out, thanks Lucy. Oh, I see that Roger Bax is the same person as Andrew Garve, whom I featured recently. And I keep thinking I should reread Drabble, she's good on clothes. Iris Murdoch has a young woman trying on suede boots in a shop in one of hers I think... Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-83790321990195486122013-07-26T17:35:15.534+01:002013-07-26T17:35:15.534+01:00Completely off-topic, but you might like Blueprint...Completely off-topic, but you might like Blueprint for Murder by Roger Bax - it has a head to toe description of a girl who dresses in the worst possible taste (Doris). I also just had a flashback of a Margaret Drabble where the heroine feels someone stroking her legs in a shop - it is a small child intrigued by her black stockings. Very avant garde for the time. Oh and Elizabeth Jane Howard has a heroine buying a white trouser suit. She calls it "a nice clothe". Oddly, nobody shoots her. Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.com