The dress is the last bit of femininity in our closets; it’s the only item of clothing which (most) men and women don’t share. Wearing a dress is a powerful way for women to express themselves–and every style conveys a different message. Inspired by the Eleanor Estes’ children’s classic The Hundred Dresses, Erin McKean’s classic-to-be by the same title, with chic illustrations by Donna Mehalko, is a definitive look at the dresses, vintage and modern, that make an inarguable statement about the woman who wears them.
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A Dress A Day 
[…] as y’all might already know, I have a new book coming out next week. It’s called The Hundred Dresses, and it’s all about dress archetypes. (It’s illustrated by the amazing Donna […]
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Erin, will you tell us why specifically “inarguable” and not “unarguable” – I am sure it is important.
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Nope! 🙂 They’re pretty interchangeable. “In” is a bit more retro than “un”. See Michael Quinion’s great explanation here.
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[…] get right to it, shall we? Day 3 of the Hundred Dresses […]
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[…] off, thanks so much to DailyCandy for featuring The Hundred Dresses in their book report yesterday! (I was especially gratified to see that they excerpted some of the […]
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I love dresses! It souds as perfect book for me! Have you been ispired by it? I see at the end there is a list of One hundred books about dresses … 🙂
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[…] (And … we’re halfway done with a-hundred-dresses-for-The-Hundred-Dresses! If you’re just joining us, please check out the links to the book here.) […]
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This is such a cool idea. Btw, your novel was reviewed in our local paper when we first got it in at the library, and has never sat around long enough to gather dust ever since — it is a perennial favourite!
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Oh, thanks so much! And it’s really nice to hear people are reading Secret Lives, too!
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[…] The Hundred Dresses (the book) is now up to eight Amazon reviews … but it’s always nice to have more, if you’ve read the book and want to have your say! […]
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The image for this post seems to have disappeared in the, ooh, nine years since you posted it!
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thanks — fixed
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