A Bologna Ragazzi Award "100 Best Picture Books of the Year"
selection
This wonderful true story of iconic fashion editor Diana Vreeland
teaches young readers that individuality is to be celebrated, and that
even extraordinary dreams can come true.
Violet Velvet Mittens with Everything captures the dramatic,
spectacular world of fashion icon Diana Vreeland, whose legacy at
Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art continues to influence the fashion world today. As a
little girl in Paris, Vreeland loved to read and dance, and most of all
dress up. Her love of originality persisted through her career in
fashion, where her work was colorful, zany, and never, ever boring.
Violet Velvet Mittens with Everything captures Vreeland's
larger-than-life personality with an infectiously extravagant tone and
style, showing young readers that above dazzling and daring, being
yourself makes the most lasting impact of all.
(Although Violet Velvet Mittens with Everything is a tribute to the life
of Diana Vreeland, the book is not authorized by her Estate)