A unique, full-color compendium that celebrates and explores the
enduring power and allure of the world's most iconic lip shade,
jam-packed with entertaining stories, anecdotes, little-known
facts, quotes, and more than 100 gorgeous images culled from fine
art, photography, and beauty and fashion editorial and advertising.
"Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself
together." - Elizabeth Taylor Lipstick is the one makeup item most
women can't live without-and the most iconic shade is red. Exuding
power, sensuality, allure, and mystery, red lips have been a
constant of fashion for more than 5,000 years, beginning with
Mesopotamian women around 3500 B.C. Throughout the ages, red
lipstick has been a signature look worn by royalty, celebrities,
and real women across cultures and geography. In fact, nearly all
women own a tube of red lipstick, whether it's the favorite shade
they've been wearing devotedly for years, or as beauty boost they
use for special occasions. Filled with a show-stopping selection of
images and distinctively packaged-the size of a clutch, with a
jacket printed with a matte, velvet, red finish-Red Lipstick is the
only cultural history of this makeup essential available. Granted
unprecedented access to experts and the archives of revered brands
like Chanel and Elizabeth Arden, beauty writer Rachel Felder
explores the origins and allure of red lipstick and illuminates its
association with aristocracy, sex appeal, illicit sexuality,
rebellion, power, glamour, fame, and beauty. She also spotlights
the fascinating array of women who have worn it through the ages,
including monarchs, suffragettes, flappers, working women in World
War II, first ladies, political leaders, geishas, Hollywood sirens,
rock and rollers, fashionistas, and more. Inside this enthralling
book, you'll discover why red lipstick makes women more attractive
to others (and the science behind it); tips on choosing the most
perfect shade of crimson; and a wealth of anecdotes, quotations,
select literary excerpts, and trivia, such as the shade Carolyn
Bessette Kennedy wore on her wedding day. Red Lipstick is packed
with a museum's worth of fine art, including both Man Ray's
photograph "Red Badge of Courage" and infamous painting "Les
Amoreaux;" lush, rarely seen vintage magazine advertisements from
stalwart brands like Guerlain and Dior; illustrations by renowned
fashion illustrators such as Rene Gruau, Daisy Villeneuve, and Bil
Donovan; artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edgar Degas, Ernst Ludwig
Kirchner, Wayne Thiebaud, and Walt Kuhn; and images of famous red
lipstick wearers including Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth II, Coco
Chanel, Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Madonna, Diana
Vreeland, Rihanna, Paloma Picasso, and many others. With its
captivating, chic design, beautiful selection of visuals, and
engaging, entertaining text, Red Lipstick is a classic, like the
perfect red lip shade itself.
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