His goal to make Travilla and his talent more widely known is an admirable one. Hansford also organized a 2008 exhibitionfeaturing Travilla’s fabulous costumes and designs. Travilla died in 1990 after a long career in Hollywood that started in the early 1940s. As many close-ups as there are of Marilyn’s dresses, the 192-page book leaves one wishing for more.Īuthor Andrew Hansford befriended Travilla’s business partner Bill Sarris, and now manages Travilla’s design archive. The author gives just enough of this to provide context and spice, but doesn’t overdo it.The book includes many images of Travilla’s original sketches for some of Marilyn’s most famous costumes - the white pleated dress she wore while standing over a subway grate in The Seven Year Itch, the pink confection she wore during the production number “ Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend” in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and many more.
A bonus for me was a glimpse into how the fashion industry works. The book also has all the elements of good chick lit: a good dose of humor and a protagonist who has some goals, in this case both romantic and professional, that are met in the end - not necessarily in the way they desired, but in a way that is satisfying.Īlthough I’m not a follower of the fashion industry (I might even be called an anti-fashionista), I’m always interested in finding out about new things. James is arrested for murder, Laura finds out that nothing is what it seems as she scrambles to prepare for a fashion show on Friday and find the real murderer.ĭead is the New Black has been designated a “Red Adept Select” book.Ī murder mystery in the world of the New York fashion industry, Dead is the New Black has all the elements of a good mystery: unique characters, plentiful suspects, and several clues that seem to point in different directions until they are all fit together like puzzle pieces. Laura Carnegie (no relation to Carnegie Hall) is in love with her boss, fashion designer Jeremy St. To find out what is currently going on in DeMaio-Rice’s life, check out her blog. She has one previous novel, Blue Valley, which is science fiction. Kindle US: YES UK: YES Nook: YES Smashwords: YES Paper: YESĬlick on a YES above to go to appropriate page in Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Smashwords storeĪ former award winning screenwriter with a master’s from USC film school who has worked in the fashion industry since 1990, Christine DeMaio-Rice says she likes to structure her novels like movies.
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