100 Women | 100 Styles: The Women Who Changed the Way We Look

by Tamsin Blanchard

Muses of attitude, brains, and confidence come together in this glossy compendium of the female icons who use their personal style and influence to change the way we look and dress.

From the obvious to the outrageous, Frida Kahlo to Cara Delevingne, 100 Women • 100 Styles profiles the personalities of each woman, showing what made them who they are, and how they can inspire you. The perfect book for empowered women and fashion lovers.

"An anthology of iconic women, their fashion sensibilities and an infinite source of inspiration" – Because Magazine

The women who revolutionised fashion from "it" girls to design visionaries and royalty:

• Kate Moss
• Twiggy
• Frida Kahlo
• Diana Vreeland
• Björk
• Madonna
• Cara Delveigne
• Pat Cleveland
• Naomi Campbell
• Penelope Tree
• Gigi Hadid
• Courtney Love
• Debbie Harry
• Diana, Princess of Wales
• Wallis Simpson
• Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
• Grace Kelly
• Diane von Furstenberg
• Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis
• Adwoa Aboah
• Lisa Fonssagrives–Penn
• Tina Chow
• Isabella Blow
• Luisa Casati
• Anna Piaggi
• Rei Kawakubo
• Dovima
• Kate Bush
• Georgia O'Keefe
• Peggy Moffitt
• Yoko Ono
• Ari Up
• Patti Smith
• Vivienne Westwood
• Poly Styrene
• Marianne Faithfull
• Beth Ditto
• Coco Chanel
• Molly Goddard
• Mary Quant
• Grace Coddington
• Elsa Schiaparelli
• Claire McCardell
• Donna Karan
• Miuccia Prada
• Phoebe Philo
• Leandra Medine
• Kylie Jenner
• Marlene Dietrich
• Greta Garbo
• Rita Hayworth
• Marylin Monroe
• Katharine Hepburn
• Lauren Bacall
• Lupita Nyong'o
• Tilda Swinton
• Diane Keaton
• Bridgette Bardot
• Catherine Deneuve
• Françoise Hardy
• Jane Brikin
• Edie Sedgwick
• Audrey Hepburn
• Jean Seberg
• Mia Farrow
• Winona Ryder
• Jeny Howorth
• Neneh Cherry
• Tavi Gevinson
• Cyndi Lauper
• Rihanna
• Ariana Grande
• Sade Adu
• Alexa Chung
• Chlöe Sevingy
• Sofia Coppola
• Molly Ringwald
• Josphine Baker
• Billie Holiday
• Anna Wintour
• Amelia Earhart
• Katharine Hamnett
• Gloria Steinem
• Lee Miller
• Stella McCartney
• Elaine Welteroth
• Margaret Thatcher
• Nina Simone
• Amy Winehouse
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Siouxsie Sioux
• Ronnie Spector
• Pat McGrath
• Tracey Emin
• Theda Bara
• Gloria Venderbilt
• Mona von Bismarck
• Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
• Stella Tennant
• Inès de la Fressange

Genres: Nonfiction, Fashion

232 pages, Hardcover

Published September 3, 2019

Reviews

[em · Rating 3 out of 5]

women are so cool!!!!

enjoyed this little glimpse into fashion & specifically how women influence trends. as much as that was the intended focus of this book, i felt a lot of it strayed from fashion & bled too much into each women’s life, work, & relationships. i understand a synopsis was needed to give context, but when each women only gets a single page & half of that space is taken up by detailing who she married & what movies she starred in, we lose the point.

the women chosen felt arbitrary & instead seemed like just the obvious superstars of each era instead of actual groundbreaking women in the fashion industry. the 100 women were also overwhelming white & american, which was a big letdown.

the pictures chosen of the women was also a weird ick i had. some featured weird paparazzi pictures and others were young childhood photos which was strange considering it was a book about fashion? why not show pictures from the fashion part of their life?

still an interesting, novel, & eye-catching coffee table book that’s fun to flip through even though it really doesn’t provide any information you don’t already know.

[RebeccaReviewedIt · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a little departure from my usual reading. I stumbled across this one at my local library, and I had so much fun flipping through the pages, seeing which styles they chose to feature with each of the women. Now, I’m no fashionista myself, but I can appreciate the styles of different eras and what other people are into, even if I’m not quite sure I could ever pull off the same look. It’s a pretty cover, so whether you’re looking for a cute coffee table or accent book or looking for a bookish gift idea for a friend, I think it’s a great choice. I’m so glad I was able to snag it at the library, and I will now be returning it to let others jump in on the fun!
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[Cosmogyral (Gav) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Appealing coffee table book that mostly does exactly what I wanted from it (nice inspiration & some useful discussion of how fashion waves formed and impacted each other). I don't think it will be a forever keeper, but it's a pleasing entry in my fashion references.

I have some judgements of the text, mainly to do with Blanchard swerving into white feminism in the course of trying to make subjects like Coco Chanel sound inspiring as well as influential. A few entries almost literally provoke Eric Andre's "Do you think Margaret Thatcher [...] effectively utilized girl power by funneling money into illegal paramilitary death camps in Northern Ireland?"

[Karah · Rating 5 out of 5]

An advantage about books stands in the fact that you gain a surplus of knowledge. Luisa Casati, Anna Piaggi, Phoebe Philo, Molly Goddard, Jeny Howorth, Theda Bara, Mona von Bismarck, and Tavi Gevinson roamed unbeknownst to me before this reading. This book encourages women to pursue their individuality through sartorial choices.

A fun read, nothing heavy.

[Tea Pero · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this a while ago LOL, but it was honestly so cute, feminine, and iconic.

[Olha S · Rating 3 out of 5]

100 Women. 100 Styles: The Women Who Changed the Way We Look.

Можливо проста чи не надто збагачена на деталі, але для мене ця книга стала посібником у світ яскравих жінок та їх стилю, і вважаю це її найголовнішою метою.

Цікаво розповідає коротку біографію видатних жінок та їх основне досягнення в стилі та трендах. Особливо сподобались глави про осіб яких до цього не знала, (наприклад як про героїню німого кіно — Теду Бару). В такі моменти ставиш собі питання, чому про одну зірку пишуть більше статей, ніж про іншу. Навіть у випадку коли вони одного віку/професії. Але саме важливе те, що книга надихнула після прочитання піти у мережу та загуглити більш об'ємні дослідження. Дала поштовх, дізнатись смішні, неприємні, інтригуючи факти з життя цих жінок. Книга яка дає стимул розширяти свій кругозір вже гідна того, щоб її прочитали!

Дещо дивний поділ героїнь на розділи, що трохи плутало мене як читача та виникало бажання деякі з цих розділів взагалі прибрати або змінити. Напевно це розчарувало найбільше.

3/5