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作者：JENKINS, JESSICA KERWIN/ HAIDLE, ELIZABETH (ILT) 出版社：RANDOM HOUSE INC 出版日期：2010年11月02日 語言：英文 ISBN：9780385529693 裝訂：精裝 內容簡介TOP 16世紀的歐洲人熱愛撰寫異域風土誌，裡頭滿載神祕的異國器物，時尚專欄作家潔西卡．寇爾文．任金斯啟靈於前輩，寫下現代版的《古典時尚趣味考》。這本個人時尚小百科收錄了優雅、稀奇、平凡、有趣之事，勾勒格調為何物，成功融合古怪與實用，將藝術、時尚、飲食、旅遊、居家、園林等領域的流風變化分以條目介紹，是一本目光獨具的導覽之書。 摩登，要用非常手段；挑選，是時尚必然的態度。任金斯憑藉個人美感，挑選出美好生活的關鍵詞，歷史考究加上一點想像力，時尚不是奢侈品，更是日常生活裡俯拾皆得的尋常好時光。 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE EXQUISITE IS A LIFESTYLE GUIDE FOR THE FRANCOPHILE AND THE ANGLOMANIAC, THE GOURMET AND THE STYLE MAVEN, THE ARMCHAIR TRAVELER AND THE ART LOVER. IT’S AN HOMAGE TO THE ESOTERIC WORLD OF GLAMOUR THAT DOESN’T REQUIRE MUCH SPENDING BUT MAKES US FEEL RICH. TAKING A CUE FROM THE EXOTIC ENCYCLOPEDIAS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, WHICH BRIMMED WITH MYSTERIOUS ARTIFACTS, JESSICA KERWIN JENKINS’S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE EXQUISITE FOCUSES ON THE ELEGANT, THE RARE, THE COMMONPLACE, AND THE DELIGHTFUL. A COM­PENDIUM OF STYLE, IT MERGES WHIMSY AND PRACTICALITY, TRAIPSING THROUGH THE FINE ARTS AND THE WORLDS OF FASHION, FOOD, TRAVEL, HOME, GARDEN, AND BEAUTY. EACH ENTRY FEATURES SEVERAL ENGAGING ANECDOTES, ILLUMINATING THE CURIOUS PAST OF EACH ENDURING SOURCE OF BEAUTY. SUBJECTS COVERED INCLUDE THE EXPLOSIVE HISTORY OF CHAMPAGNE; THE ART OF LOUNGING ON A DIVAN; THE EMERGENCE OF “FRILLIES,” THE FIRST LACY, RACY LINGERIE; THE ANCIENT USES OF SWEET-SMELLING SAFFRON; THE WILD RIOT INCITED BY THE APPEARANCE OF LONDON’S FIRST TOP HAT; JULIA CHILD’S TIP FOR COOKING THE PERFECT OMELET; THE POLARIZING PRACTICE OF WEARING RED LIPSTICK DURING WORLD WAR II; LOUIS XIV’S FONDNESS FOR THE LUSCIOUS BARTLETT PEAR; THE INDIAN ORIGIN OF BADMINTON; PARLIAMENT’S 1650 ATTEMPT TO SUPPRESS EUROPE’S BEAUTY MARK FAD; THE EVOLUTION OF THE JAPANESE KIMONO; THE PIL­GRIMAGE OF CENTRAL PARK’S EGYPTIAN OBELISK; AND THE FANCIFUL THRILL OF DINING ALFRESCO. CLEVERLY ILLUSTRATED, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE EXQUISITE IS AN ODE TO LIFE’S PLENTY, FROM THE EXTRAVAGANT TO THE ECCENTRIC. IT IS A CELE­BRATION OF LUXURY THAT DOESN’T NECESSARILY REQUIRE MONEY. ★本書中譯版《古典時尚趣味考：100項不藏私的逸品小傳》由野人出版。作者簡介潔西卡．寇爾文．任金斯（JESSICA KERWIN JENKINS） 雜誌編輯、專欄作家。曾任頂尖時尚雜誌《W》歐洲版、《女裝時尚日報》（WOMEN’S WEAR DAILY）資深編輯，現為《VOGUE》雜誌專欄作家，書評文章散見於《紐約時報》（THE NEW YORK TIMES）。目前定居義大利米蘭。 JESSICA KERWIN JENKINS WAS FORMERLY THE EUROPEAN EDITOR OF W AND A SENIOR EDITOR AT WOMEN’S WEAR DAILY. SHE CURRENTLY WRITES FOR VOGUE. SHE LIVES IN MAINE. |
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