Afrocentric Bride: A Style Guide [Paperback]

Therez Fleetwood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2003

Featuring the Therez Fleetwood Bridal Collection, THE AFROCENTRIC BRIDE offers valuable information, styling tips and fashion advice for every bride of color who wants to look and feel her best. Gowns, beads, fashions, headpieces, jewelry and more . . . Ms. Fleetwood creates her bridal collection with the African-American bride in mind. In THE AFROCENTRIC BRIDE she shares her secrets on how to create an Afrocentric gown by using fabrics imported from Africa, adorning it with cowrie shells, embroidering and quilting it with natural colors and fibers, as well as wearing your favorite soft pastel shade or a wonderful vibrant red.

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"Bridal designer Therez Fleetwood marries African influence with haute couture for a stunning take on wedding gowns." --- Essence magazine

About the Author

Therez Fleetwood attended the Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T) in New York. Her nationally acclaimed Ethnic Wedding Gowns appear in magazines such as Essence, In Style Weddings, Signature Bride and Black Elegance. Therez Fleetwood, along with her Bridal Collection was chosen for the American Express National Commercial entitled ‘Portraits’. She has appeared on the Today Show, was named the Linden New Day Associates ‘Designer of the Year’, was selected as one of the New York Museum’s Top Designers for their ‘New York Gets Married’ exhibit and has received the Allstate Insurance Company’s "From Whence We Came" African-American Women of Triumph Award.

Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Amber Communications Group, Inc. (March 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972751912
• ISBN-13: 978-0972751919
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,812,924 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars No color, October 5, 2010

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This review is from: Afrocentric Bride: A Style Guide (Paperback)

If you are looking for a book packed with beautiful color pictures of brides, makeup, hair styles and how tos, I don't think this book will quite do it for you.
Looking at the stunning bride in her fantastic gown on the cover, makes you think that you will be spending hours thumbing through pages of colorful photos. Instead, the only relief you get from the monotony of the black and white is a six page color ad for Therez Fleetwoods wedding dress collection.
Sprinkled in between black and white photos of gorgeous models wearing Fleetwood's gowns are grainy photos of "real brides" wearing afrocentric wedding attire that may or may not be Fleetwood's creations. I really couldn't tell because of the lost detail that usually results from black and white photography..
Don't misunderstand, I don't see anything wrong with black and white pictures, but NOT in a book like this. Color and detail is what bridal books should be all about. If you are looking for beautiful pictures and how tos, keep looking.

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