Top Los Angeles Designer’s Book Selections
I have very clear recollections of my mother attempting to convince my younger sister that the broccoli on her plate was something really delicious. Year after year, the exchange remained the same: mom selling, sister not buying. They both had distinct views of the same thing; views that could not have been more different. As it turns out, neither was completely wrong, but the consumption of broccoli ends up a solely personal decision.
A book that has been on my library shelf for sometime now is Hollywood Style by Diane Dorrans Saeks. I pulled it off the shelf last week as part of a little research project and finally made time earlier today to crack the cover.
The title offers a hint of the pot-luck nature of book’s contents. To some readers, style will be found in the effort behind the successful corralling of shapes and forms, color and textures, periods and details. To others, the invocation of style is through this wide and loosely determined filter of Hollywood. Ultimately I think it’s a bit like broccoli; either you like it or you don’t.
Take a look and share with use all your thoughts on this broad and interesting book.
