Bibliograph

Wear and tear, the threads of my life, Tracy Tynan

Type

Label

Wear and tear, the threads of my life, Tracy Tynan

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Wear and tear

Oclc number

919068262

Responsibility statement

Tracy Tynan

Sub title

the threads of my life

Summary

"The memoirs of a celebrity costume designer describe her upbringing in the fashionable celebrity circles of her literary parents, her family's artistic but traumatizing approaches to shopping and how the fashion-savvy perspectives of her early years shaped her relationships and career, "--NoveList

Table Of Contents

The lemon-yellow underpants -- My mother's fur coat -- The pearl necklace -- The pale blue chemise -- School uniforms: purple, blue, and none -- The brown wellington boots -- Bikinis and water skis -- The apple-green shoes -- The white cotton circle-stitched torpedo bra -- White jeans and white denim jacket -- My mother's Pucci dress -- The gold flapper dress -- The silver chain and the poncho -- Sexcapades and the plain pinafores -- Twenty-one in Ossie Clark -- The one-size-fits-all clothing that fits in a bag -- Pierrot -- The brown fedora and the gold lamé jeans -- The leisure suit and Guayabera years -- Black is black: memorials 1, 2, and 3 -- The diaries and the gold watch -- The chitenge -- The T-shirt wedding dress -- Breathless beginnings: the shirt-jac -- Freebies, '50s glamour, and funky smells -- The maroon plaid dress -- It helps to be married to the costume designer: the crepe de chine wedding dress -- Great balls of fire! The faux-leopard-trim suit -- The pink knitted cap -- The striped silk socks -- The pink quartz heart -- The Muji T-shirt -- The ultimate blended family: more wedding attire -- The black trench coat -- Glamour togs -- Comfort with style

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