Katharine Hepburn: Rebel Chic - Hardcover

Druesedow, Jean; Yohannon, Kohle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0847838919 ISBN 13: 9780847838912

Publisher: Skira Rizzoli, 2012

Synopsis

The first book to celebrate the irreverent and original style of Katharine Hepburn -- icon of stage and screen. Glamorous when she wanted to be and tomboyish when she didn't, Katharine Hepburn developed her personal style and public image as a style rebel. Whether on stage, on screen, or in private life, Hepburn had a firm grasp on the power of her appearance. Rather than submit to studio image makers, she controlled her image and drew on her own proclivities to create a distinct antifashion persona. This book presents the famously headstrong star in a new light: as a style icon. Through images of Hepburn's on-screen and off-screen wardrobes and essays by top fashion historians, this book reveals how modern Hepburn's insouciance and idiosyncratic manner of dressing really was and shows her as an inspirational, self-styled counterpoint to the over-managed looks of celebrities today. Full of never-before-published images of Hepburn's costumes and personal wardrobe, Katharine Hepburn is a refreshing look at a true fashion original.

About this title

Product Description:

[ KATHERINE HEPBURN REBEL CHIC BY YOHANNON, KOHLE](AUTHOR)HARDBACK

Review:

"Apart from her performances, Hepburn had a style far ahead of its time. Maybe we take that for granted. I loved a picture of Hepburn in "Rebel Chic." Taken in 1932, around the time she made "A Bill of Divorcement," she's on the RKO lot wearing a pair of faded jeans and a mink coat, with a scarf knotted at her neck. That image could have been taken today, with the difference that Hepburn wasn't trying to be someone cool or chic. She just was." New York Times

"Along with insightful, beautifully written essays, the book includes many never-before-published images of Kate the Great's costumes and personal wardrobe..." Fashioninformer.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Skira Rizzoli
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0847838919
• ISBN 13: 9780847838912
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176