To what audience would you recommend Chelsea Girls? Is there another book or author you feel has a similar theme or style?

BookBrowse Book Club Chelsea Girls Discussion
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To what audience would you recommend Chelsea Girls? Is there another book or author you feel has a similar theme or style?

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I would recommend this book to two groups: First, young women interested in contemporary fashion, to gain insight into a major fashion trend of the 20th century. Secondly, I would recommend the book to older women who remember the Mary Quant fashion-quake and would enjoy a nostalgic read about swinging London at that time.

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I would recommend this to older women like me, also. I agree about it being nostalgic - it certainly was for me. And I also agree in recommending it to younger people interested in fashion. I remember being very interested in talking with my grandmother’s generation about the fashions they experienced, especially in the 1920’s. A similar book is not coming to mind.

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I would recommend it to friends my age who remember the times and to designers, who might be interested in the business of marketing one’s designs.

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I think anyone who is interested in design and fashion would enjoy this book. It was a great history of Mary Quant and how her career evolved over the years. I found it to be inspiring for anyone who wants to start their own business and to see what all goes into it and the hard work that is involved.

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To anyone who experienced the fun and times of the 60’s with its unique fashion, Twiggy and the Beatles. However this book is more, its about art, ambition, friendship, etc and would be a good read for most historical fiction readers.

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I think I would mainly recommend it to older women like myself who were in high school and college during the 60s.

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I actually recommended it to my cousin who lived in London during her teen years, right down the street from where Mary Quant’s shop was located years before. I also recommended it to a friend who enjoys historical fiction, but is getting tired of WWII all the time. This is such a fun read for those of us from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.

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I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in the history of the fashion industry.

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Although I cringe to type this, Chelsea Girls is considered historical fiction so I would recommend to readers that enjoy that genre. It is also great for those interested in fashion and the 60’s. An easy read and it would be fun to discuss with those that experienced the 60’s and those that only know about it as the past. Besides isn’t it nice to have a change from all the WWII historical fiction?

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Haha, @Dee_Driscole, I hear you! I don’t know if you saw the Q&A with Kayla Rae Whitaker, but she considers her novel, Returns and Exchanges, historical fiction - and it’s set in the 1980s! These kids, I swear…

When Davina was here, her dividing line for historical fiction was before most of the book’s audience was alive - generally Korean War-ish and earlier - so I wouldn’t really consider either book historical fiction. But that’s just me, and I’m old!