BowieStyle (Paperback)

~ Steve Pafford (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Apart from being an excellent overview and analysis of Bowie's career, it is stuffed with fascinating trivia.' SUNDAY TIMES ' A wonderful book...shows how self-styling and unusual views on beauty can be fantastic.' BBC ONLINE

Product Description

David Bowie’s 35 year career has seen him express himself as a painter, a writer and an actor as well as a singer. Here is a style guide to the artistic influences and expressions of the multi-faceted pop icon: Mod, space-creature, soul-boy and fashion plate. A compelling celebration of one of rock music’s most colorful and eclectic careers. B/w and color photos.

Product Details

• Paperback: 159 pages
• Publisher: Omnibus Press (June 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0711977224
• ISBN-13: 978-0711977228
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,700,442 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book strictly for fans - but well done!, October 9, 2000

By	Emilio Dreyer Pacheco (Porto Alegre, Brazil) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book was a clever idea indeed. Why write another Bowie biography when there have been too many of them already? Personally, I like most of them and I strongly recommend the recently published "Strange Fascination", by David Buckley, even though it is only available in Britain at the time of writing. But quite a few Bowie fans have complained that they have no patience to read a long, detailed biography. So give them what they want: a glossy, coffee-table book full of pictures that will make female fans go WOW, plus bits and pieces of information that can be read piecemeal, in no particular order. Done by the wrong people, it could have been an embarrassing exercise in teenage-like worship. But these guys are experts and the results are more than worth the price of admission. Each chapter is devoted to an aspect of Bowie's life - there's even one about his favorite cigarette brands! This is really a fan's bible if there ever was one.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SIMPLY THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, March 11, 2001

By	Frank Miggs (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews

Oh Lord, not another Bowie book! I was expecting it to be OK - you know, a few nice pix I hadn't seen before or had forgotten about, plus the usual mishmash of facts we've read in countless bowie biogs over these golden years.

How wrong could I have been?

This book is nothing short of trancendent. It would surpass the expectations of even the most uncritical of Bowie fans. Why? Well there's...

The quality of the paper and reproduction of the photos and artwork, not to mention the stunning front and back covers - simply inspired. I can't remeber the last time I saw a book cover as suitably stylish as this .

The many, many photos - literally hundreds of them. From what I can gather, there has never been a Bowie book with so many photos in it. The fact that so many of them are completely beautiful and, to my knowledge, never seen before (and I already own quite a few) makes this an essential point.

The fascinating text - do we really want to read the same old yarns about insanity in Bowie's family and the ongoing feud with Angie? I think not, and we're spared them here. Instead the text effortlessly matches the relevant pix, with clever, insightful (and very English) prose and superb captions - at times extremely funny and entertaining, at other times highly informative (who knew that Ronnie Wood inspired the Duke's costume in 76, eh?).

Oh I could go on for ages... but BowieStyle really lives up to it's title. An immaculate collection indeed. BUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stunning, June 14, 2000

By	Jennifer Guest (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews

Beautiful - how did they know to give my absolute favourite pictures a full page each? If you ever need a reference for any outfit worn at any concert or appearance, this book would be your best bet. The only drawback - not a whole lot of info. But there are some interesting tidbits!