Dressed To Impress by Lee Shulman (Prestel £40, 240pp)
A time capsule perfect for fashion-lovers, or historians who want to travel into the past
In comparison to the disposable photographs we take on our smartphones today, the images in this fascinating book, carefully curated by Lee Shulman, depict periods from the post-war 1950s through to the 70s and Britain’s eagerness to restore a sense of normality, using fashion as one way of doing so.
The book highlights different trends from that time and allows us to compare them to the way we dress today. Shulman’s collection depicts the extravagant trends and styles prevalent at that time, portraying a diverse array of family photographs taken in the new colour photography.
It is a time capsule perfect for fashion-lovers, or historians who want to travel into the past.
Shulman describes the images as works of art, taken with ‘enormous care and love’. He points out the incredible detail and craftsmanship in the clothes, and how they are ‘expressions of carefree freedom and individuality that now seem almost lost in time.’
