Dressed to Impress

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This captivating glimpse of real-life mid-century fashion features vintage color photographs taken by amateurs from the past 70 years.

In 2017 filmmaker Lee Shulman bought a random box of Kodachrome slides and was so taken by the people and stories he discovered that he decided to create an ongoing archive, which he has called The Anonymous Project.

Dressed to Impress, the most recent book to have come out of that endeavor, aims to preserve the collective memory of the way we lived in an increasingly distant past. It features more than two hundred vibrant, candid color slides, presented in stunning full-page spreads, that reflect how people dressed in all kinds of settings – at home and on vacation, playing and working, partying and hanging out. The images have for the most part, never been printed or published and their raw, unpolished quality make them all the more fascinating and arresting.

In turns funny, startling, and touching, this collection provides a unique and intimate glimpse into the fashion and everyday experiences of real people during a transformative period in our common history.
Stunning unseen photographs by amateurs.
By the author of the bestselling title Midcentury Memories.
Early color photography.

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Lee Shulman
Lee Shulman is the founder and creative director of The Anonymous Project. For the last two decades he has worked as an award-winning filmmaker both in the UK and France. Previous Anonymous Project books include Midcentury Memories, On the Road, The House, and collaborations with artists such as Martin Parr and Omar Victor Diop.

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»"Dressed to impress" ist eine künstlerische Zeitreise bis in die 50er Jahre: ein Rückblick auf Mode, Lebensgefühl und Selbstverständnis.«
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»"Dressed to impress" beschäftigt sich hingegen mit der Mode in der Alltagsfotografie der 1950er bis 1970er Jahre in den USA.«
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