DRESSING BY THE BOOK.Flip a few pages and you'll be stylin'. In the latest wave of fashion-savvy books, you'll learn the fine art of dressing for a job interview, cross-dressing, movie-star dressing and dressing for spousal arousal. In ``Dressed to Kill: James Bond the Suited Hero'' by Jay McInerey, Nicholas Foulkes, Neil Norman and Nick Sullivan (Flammarion; $45), you'll learn the finer details of spy style, from the elegant black tie and dinner jacket to fashionable ski attire with several famous film sleuths as the models. Gale Hayman, co-founder of Giorgio Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. , also gives detailed advice in her new book, ``How Do I Look? From Confidence to Cosmetics: The Complete Guide to Inner and Outer Beauty'' (Random House; $24.95). In spite of the promises-too-much title, she has helpful information on how to use fake tanning creams; how to apply eye shadow; how to fold a scarf into an ascot; and how to do ab-firming sit-ups. Now, if you're a guy who wants to look like a girl, you'll enjoy David Croland's humorous handbook and paper doll drag queens This is a list of drag queens and female impersonators. Only those subjects who are notable enough for Wikipedia articles should be included here. A
Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he was six when he moved with his family to Los Angeles. , Hedda Lettuce Hedda Lettuce is an American drag queen comedian and singer who lives and works in New York. A legitimate New York actor, Steven Polito, debuted his character Hedda Lettuce in 1991 on the Manhattan Cable TV show The Brenda and Glennda Show. and Miss Understood, who appeared in ``To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar'' with outrageously gaudy ensembles for each. For a more sincere look at fashion divas, ``Scassi: A Cut Above'' by Bernadine Morris, fashion critic of The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times (Rizzoli; $55) is the book to buy. This beautifully illustrated tribute to Arnold Scassi, who designed for Elizabeth Taylor Noun 1. Elizabeth Taylor - United States film actress (born in England) who was a childhood star; as an adult she often co-starred with Richard Burton (born in 1932) Taylor , Barbara Bush and Barbra Streisand, is packed with 200 rare photos, original sketches and carefully researched biographical information. It's an easy read, with anecdotes and quotes about the designer who became famous for fanciful linings that matched hats and coats. Equally star-struck is ``LaChapelle Land'' (Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. ; $50), an eclectic collection of photographs by incredibly talented photographer David LaChapelle. The huge-and-hefty coffee-table book is filled with the surrealistic sur·re·al·is·tic adj. 1. Of or relating to surrealism. 2. Having an oddly dreamlike or unreal quality. sur·re portraits of celebrities, from singer Tom Jones in a pink satin suit with a wrench for a microphone, hanging out of a big yellow truck ... to Drew Barrymore as a waitress who has careened into a cart of grapefruit. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Color) no caption (Books) John McCoy/Daily News |
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