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37th out of 268 books
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The Time-Traveling Fashionista
by
Bianca Turetsky (Goodreads Author)
What if a beautiful vintage dress could take you back in time?
Louise Lambert has always dreamed of movie starlets and exquisite gowns and longs for the day when she can fill the closet of her normal suburban home with stylish treasures. But when she receives a mysterious invitation to a vintage fashion sale in the mail, her once painfully average life is magically transfor...more
Louise Lambert has always dreamed of movie starlets and exquisite gowns and longs for the day when she can fill the closet of her normal suburban home with stylish treasures. But when she receives a mysterious invitation to a vintage fashion sale in the mail, her once painfully average life is magically transfor...more
Hardcover, 262 pages
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April 5th 2011
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Fun premise but too much backstory at the beginning and other pop references held it back. I did love the illustations of the gowns that are throughout the book. Just wished book had less backstory and started with more action.
Let me just start by saying that I adore books where fashion (and especially high fashion) is incorporated. When I saw a giveaway on Goodreads for this one, I just knew I was destined to have it.
Well, I didn't win it from Goodreads. I was terribly bummed, because seriously, this book was written for me. Luckily, a blogger friend of mine had some books that she wasn't able to get to for reviews and asked me to take them on, which of course, I was happy to do. Hello, books! Anyway, this was one of...more
Well, I didn't win it from Goodreads. I was terribly bummed, because seriously, this book was written for me. Luckily, a blogger friend of mine had some books that she wasn't able to get to for reviews and asked me to take them on, which of course, I was happy to do. Hello, books! Anyway, this was one of...more
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Apr 16, 2011
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What beautiful production values! This book is GORGEOUS!! I can hardly wait to read this one!
4/16/2011
Fun book with a fashion crazy protagonist. I loved the illustrations and flashes of color peppered throughout the book. This read will find greater appeal with the MG crowd than YA readers, though.
4/16/2011
Fun book with a fashion crazy protagonist. I loved the illustrations and flashes of color peppered throughout the book. This read will find greater appeal with the MG crowd than YA readers, though.
It was a great idea.
It should have been a great story.
Young girl, high class illustrated vintage fashion, pink dress to-die-for.
Forget the feisty, adventure-mad superheroes-in-training that populate much of modern fiction, here was a real girl with a real girl fantasy in all its saccharine prepubescent shallowness.
The cover promised me time-travel, conjuring in my mind visions of a glorious parade of fashion confections from past eras combined with a highly polished, intricate plot.
However by ch...more
It should have been a great story.
Young girl, high class illustrated vintage fashion, pink dress to-die-for.
Forget the feisty, adventure-mad superheroes-in-training that populate much of modern fiction, here was a real girl with a real girl fantasy in all its saccharine prepubescent shallowness.
The cover promised me time-travel, conjuring in my mind visions of a glorious parade of fashion confections from past eras combined with a highly polished, intricate plot.
However by ch...more
This was a fun escape from a book that I was *supposed* to be reading (and one that I was *supposed* to be writing, too). Louise has a passion for vintage clothing, and when she gets an invitation to an exclusive vintage clothing sale, she jumps at the opportunity to find the perfect outfit for the upcoming school dance. At the sale, she finds a gorgeous pink dress that smells faintly like seawater, and when she puts it on, finds herself transported to the first-class decks of the Titanic and th...more
School Library Journal (April 1, 2011)
Gr 5-8-Louise's love of vintage clothing leads her to answer an invitation for a sale at a building she's never seen before in her suburban neighborhood. She's searching for the perfect dress for her seventh-grade dance but instead she's whisked back onto the Titanic after trying on a gown worn on the ship. She becomes its owner, Miss Baxter, a 17-year-old actress traveling with her uncle. She enlists the help of the maid she befriends to warn the crew about...more
Gr 5-8-Louise's love of vintage clothing leads her to answer an invitation for a sale at a building she's never seen before in her suburban neighborhood. She's searching for the perfect dress for her seventh-grade dance but instead she's whisked back onto the Titanic after trying on a gown worn on the ship. She becomes its owner, Miss Baxter, a 17-year-old actress traveling with her uncle. She enlists the help of the maid she befriends to warn the crew about...more
Louise Lambert lives for vintage fashion…she’s quite an old soul for being only twelve years old. If she’s not at a thrift shop or pouring over vintage fashion books and magazines or thinking about it – it’s only because she’s asleep. The twists begin when Louise gets a fancy invitation to a traveling vintage fashion sale. She is so stoked because she thinks this is THE place to find the perfect dress for the upcoming dance.
When she shows up to the sale with her best friend, they’re met by the p...more
When she shows up to the sale with her best friend, they’re met by the p...more
It's a very cute MG read (I was expecting a YA novel, I must confess), although the numerous modern pop culture references date the book significantly and quite frankly do more to hurt the vintage aspect of the book than they do to appeal to modern readers; the sort of girls who would find interest in this book don't need to be baited by name-dropping celebrities. Conversely, the allusions to vintage designers versus modern fashion houses were charming and enhanced the theme of the book. (view s...more
Twelve year old Louise loves vintage clothing. She can't imagine shopping anywhere else for her first semi-formal dance than at a mysterious invitation-only vintage dress sale. When she arrives at the sale, the proprietors warn her against trying on that special pink dress, the one with a rip in the hem that smells like sea water.
Against better advice, Louise tries on the pink dress and is immediately whisked away to a magnificent ocean liner in 1912. She seems to have taken on the body of actre...more
Against better advice, Louise tries on the pink dress and is immediately whisked away to a magnificent ocean liner in 1912. She seems to have taken on the body of actre...more
Jun 26, 2011
Novel Novice
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For readers who may not have seen the Leo & Kate blockbuster movie Titanic, Bianca Turetsky’s The Time Traveling Fashionista offers a whimsical twist on the doomed voyage suitable for a younger audience.
The book follows 12-year-old Louise Lambert on her adventures on the Titanic — when a gorgeous gown magically transports her from present day New York to the deck of the Titanic, and a glamorous lifestyle she’s only dreamed of. Though she likes the glitz and the glamor, Louise soon learns tha...more
The book follows 12-year-old Louise Lambert on her adventures on the Titanic — when a gorgeous gown magically transports her from present day New York to the deck of the Titanic, and a glamorous lifestyle she’s only dreamed of. Though she likes the glitz and the glamor, Louise soon learns tha...more
Oh, girls.... you are gonna love, love, love this one!
The Time Traveling Fashionista is the PERFECT YA novel for girls. It has everything! An adventurous story? Yep! Full color illustrations of fabulous clothes? Uh-huh. Time Travel? Yeppers. Mysterious characters who keep you guessing? Yes! A main character any girl can identify with? Sure! There is even a history lesson included in this majorly addictive novel. Seriously, it has everything! And best of all! It's going to be a series! Yay! More...more
The Time Traveling Fashionista is the PERFECT YA novel for girls. It has everything! An adventurous story? Yep! Full color illustrations of fabulous clothes? Uh-huh. Time Travel? Yeppers. Mysterious characters who keep you guessing? Yes! A main character any girl can identify with? Sure! There is even a history lesson included in this majorly addictive novel. Seriously, it has everything! And best of all! It's going to be a series! Yay! More...more
This wonderful debut ties together fashion, vintage clothing and traveling back in time fabulously. It makes me want to run out to my nearest vintage clothing store and look for each of the dresses that are so visually appealing with the books beautifully illustrated pictures. Although I've come to realize with in the first few sentences of the book that twelve year old Fashionista, Louise has way more fashion appeal than I do, and ever will.
I love that this spunky seventh grader is not a slave...more
I love that this spunky seventh grader is not a slave...more
Louise Lambert loves vintage clothing. Even though her mother and her best friend think she’s crazy not to want something new, she loves the feeling of mystery that she gets from the unknown stories she senses in each piece.
When an invitation arrives at her home for the Traveling Fashionista Vintage Sale, Louise is sure that will be a great place to look for something to wear to the seventh grade dance. But when she tries on a beautiful pink dress that smells vaguely of the sea, she’s surprised...more
When an invitation arrives at her home for the Traveling Fashionista Vintage Sale, Louise is sure that will be a great place to look for something to wear to the seventh grade dance. But when she tries on a beautiful pink dress that smells vaguely of the sea, she’s surprised...more
Louise Lambert is just your ordinary seventh grader with a passion for vintage clothing. When she receives an elaborate invitation to a private vintage sale, she goes along, thinking she’ll fine a dress for her school formal. Instead, trying on a beautiful pink gown somehow transports her to a hundred years into the past and onto a luxurious cruise ship. At first Louise is thrilled. Everyone thinks that she is a glamorous movie star named Alice Baxter instead of a slightly awkward twelve-year-ol...more
When Louise Lambert receives a mysterious invitation to a traveling vintage fashion sale in the mail, her normal life in suburban Connecticut is magically transformed into a time traveling adventure.
After a brief encounter with two witchy salesladies and donning an evening gown that once belonged to a beautiful silent film star, Louise suddenly finds herself onboard a luxurious cruise ship in 1912. As Alice Baxter, the silent film star, Louise enjoys her access to an extensive closet of gorgeous...more
After a brief encounter with two witchy salesladies and donning an evening gown that once belonged to a beautiful silent film star, Louise suddenly finds herself onboard a luxurious cruise ship in 1912. As Alice Baxter, the silent film star, Louise enjoys her access to an extensive closet of gorgeous...more
Apr 17, 2011
Melanie Goodman
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Louise loves vintage fashion. It’s not that she can’t afford new clothes; her mother and friends would certainly prefer that she go shopping at the mall like other girls her age. Louise likes clothes that tell a story, though, so when she is invited to an exclusive vintage sale she is excited to attend. At the fashionista sale, Louise goes searching for a dress for an upcoming middle school dance. When she puts on a gorgeous pink dress, Louise gets more of the history behind the clothing than sh...more
12 yr old Louise Lambert loves vintage fashion. She buys all of her clothes at thift shops. When Louise recieves a mysterious invitation to a traveling vintage fashion sale, she goes in search of the perfect dress for a dance.
The traveling sale is run by two very strange woman. Louise finally finds the perfect dress, trying it on takes her back to 1912. Louise wakes up on a cruise ship, everyone is calling her Miss Baxter. Lousie has no idea wants going on but decides to enjoy her time on the s...more
The traveling sale is run by two very strange woman. Louise finally finds the perfect dress, trying it on takes her back to 1912. Louise wakes up on a cruise ship, everyone is calling her Miss Baxter. Lousie has no idea wants going on but decides to enjoy her time on the s...more
This book was not only beautifully written with an enchanting plot line, but it was also wonderfully done. They contained 25 beautiful illustrations of historically accurate vintage dresses that the characters wore that tied it together the book with an elegant informative feeling. I have never read a book where I sat down and said, Wow there was nothing wrong with that book at all. There were no flaws, no imbalances, and I must say even though this is not my typical dark romance, it is one of t...more
Louise is 12 and obsessed with vintage fashion. When she gets an invitation to a vintage fashion sale (and the invite has a note that says you can only get in WITH an invite), she's so in. She's looking specifically for a dress to the upcoming dance and she soon finds the perfect one.
Except when she tries the dress on, she passes out and wakes up on board a great cruise ship almost exactly 100 years ago. (Hmm. What cruise ships do we know that sailed almost exactly 100 years ago? Maybe there was...more
Except when she tries the dress on, she passes out and wakes up on board a great cruise ship almost exactly 100 years ago. (Hmm. What cruise ships do we know that sailed almost exactly 100 years ago? Maybe there was...more
the Time-Traveling Fashionista will likely find its target audience readily, namely tween girls who love fashion with a touch of mystery. It's lightweight historical fiction with a sprinkling of fashion and a twinge of romance. 2 mysterious old women are the purveyors of vintage fashions and have the ability to sell an article of clothing that sends its wearer back to the time when the garment would have been originally worn. The wearer assumes the identity of the original owner. While others se...more
The Time-Traveling Fashionista on board the Titanic
(The Time-Traveling Fashionista, Book #1)
by Bianca Turetsky
Rating: 4
Genre: Contemporary Fiction | Time-Travel | Fantasy | Historic | Young Adult
What if a beautiful vintage dress could take you back in time?
Louise Lambert has always dreamed of movie starlets and exquisite gowns and longs for the day when she can fill the closet of her normal suburban home with stylish treasures. But when she receives a mysterious invitation to a vintage fashion s...more
(The Time-Traveling Fashionista, Book #1)
by Bianca Turetsky
Rating: 4
Genre: Contemporary Fiction | Time-Travel | Fantasy | Historic | Young Adult
What if a beautiful vintage dress could take you back in time?
Louise Lambert has always dreamed of movie starlets and exquisite gowns and longs for the day when she can fill the closet of her normal suburban home with stylish treasures. But when she receives a mysterious invitation to a vintage fashion s...more
Louise Lambert is twelve years old, loves old Hollywood movies, and loves vintage clothing. She loves it so much that when a mysterious invitation arrives at her home, she does not think twice about going to this advertised vintage fashion sale.
With one dress Louise is whisked away to another time, one of great fame, a world that encompasses all that she loves and admires. But she soon learns that she should have paid a bit more attention during the history lesson in school because she is about...more
With one dress Louise is whisked away to another time, one of great fame, a world that encompasses all that she loves and admires. But she soon learns that she should have paid a bit more attention during the history lesson in school because she is about...more
The Time-Traveling Fashionista follows twelve-year-old Louise Lambert as she travels one-hundred years in the past by way of a totally fabulous bubblegum-pink dress. Louise lives in Connecticut, has a goldfish named Marlon, and is sick of seventh-grade. Obsessed with vintage clothing, classic movies, and Hollywood glamour, her quotidian existence has her wishing for more. And with the arrival of a mysterious purple envelope in the mail, she gets it. Invited to a special vintage sale by a pair of...more
Published April 2011, but reviewed from Advance Reading Copy
Seventh-grader Louise Lambert loves vintage clothing. All her friends are buying new clothes at the mall, and Louise knows all the cool clothiers of earlier times--CoCo Chanel, Missoni, and tons of other designers I’ve never heard of. When she gets a special invitation to a one-day only vintage sale, she attends to find the perfect dress for the junior high semiformal. Unfortunately, the dress she tries on takes her back to the days of...more
Seventh-grader Louise Lambert loves vintage clothing. All her friends are buying new clothes at the mall, and Louise knows all the cool clothiers of earlier times--CoCo Chanel, Missoni, and tons of other designers I’ve never heard of. When she gets a special invitation to a one-day only vintage sale, she attends to find the perfect dress for the junior high semiformal. Unfortunately, the dress she tries on takes her back to the days of...more
The Time- Traveling Fashionista is a fun middle grade read with absolutely stunning illustrations that will take you back to the early days of Vogue magazine. As a young girl I was fascinated by the Titanic as well as history so this book would speak right to me teen heart. Louise transforms from a seventh grader to world famous actress with just the switch of clothes and is magically transported back into time. She finds herself in all kinds of predicaments as she is wearing someone else's iden...more
When I saw the cover of this book I was in awe. Look at it! That cover is gorgeous! I flipped around the pages a bit and found out that this book also has a lot of pretty illustrations of dresses and some other things scattered throughout the book. I grabbed it off the shelf of the library and checked it out. I was a little disappointed though.
The characters fell a little flat for me. I had little to no emotional investment in the characters of this book. I thought that Louise would be a likeabl...more
The characters fell a little flat for me. I had little to no emotional investment in the characters of this book. I thought that Louise would be a likeabl...more
I was quite excited for this book, I really loved the whole plot idea of going back in time to the Titanic disater, which isn't like any other book that I've read before. I opened up the book and was quite surprised that there was coloured drawings with the story, which I haven't seen since I've read childrens books. I thought the drawings were a nice touch to the story, that you get to see for yourself what the author is conveying.
I'll be honest this book did not live up to my expectations, I f...more
I'll be honest this book did not live up to my expectations, I f...more
I give this a three because 12-year-old Shannon would give it a three or maybe even a four. Twelve-year-old Shannon was desperate for historical fiction. She longed to figure out how to dress like people of the past -- vintage shopping wasn't a hip trend in suburban Detroit. This book would have been perfect for her. She would have been inspired to create the wardrobe she always dreamed of, and she would have learned more about history in the process.
Grown-up Shannon liked the premise of the ser...more
Grown-up Shannon liked the premise of the ser...more
The Time Traveling Fashionista on board the Titanic by Bianca Turetsky is the first book in a series of two (so far). The book is about 12-year-old Louise Lambert who is absolutely in love with any vintage clothing so for her school dance she wants to get a vintage dress. When she gets an invitation in the mail for the “Traveling Fashionista Vintage Sale” she’s really excited. She brings her best friend Brooke along to check out the sale. At the sale she tries on a pink dress and for some reaso...more
I read this as a preview for my girls, or else I'd probably never have picked it up. But the premise intrigued me. A dress that made you time travel? Combining fashion (something I am NOT interested in) with time travel fantasy (something I think is cool, thanks to Dr. Who)? I'll try it.
Perhaps if I were still younger, I would have appreciated the story more, but I feel like so much could have been done with the concept, but it wasn't. Questions I had came up a couple of times, things the write...more
Perhaps if I were still younger, I would have appreciated the story more, but I feel like so much could have been done with the concept, but it wasn't. Questions I had came up a couple of times, things the write...more
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