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The Wedding Dress Mess
When Filomena, the best seamstress in Italy, finally gets to create a wedding dress for herself, things do not turn out the way she had dreamed.
- GenresPicture BooksChildrens
32 pages, Hardcover
First published March 11, 2003
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Beatrice Masini
394 books46 followersBeatrice Masini è una giornalista, traduttrice e scrittrice italiana.
Ha vinto il Premio Pippi con Signore e Signorine - Elsa Morante Ragazzi per La spada e il cuore - Donne della Bibbia e il Premio Andersen - Il mondo dell'infanzia come miglior autore.
È anche conosciuta per aver tradotto i libri della saga di Harry Potter della scrittrice britannica J. K. Rowling per la versione italiana distribuita dall' Adriano Salani.
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Ha vinto il Premio Pippi con Signore e Signorine - Elsa Morante Ragazzi per La spada e il cuore - Donne della Bibbia e il Premio Andersen - Il mondo dell'infanzia come miglior autore.
È anche conosciuta per aver tradotto i libri della saga di Harry Potter della scrittrice britannica J. K. Rowling per la versione italiana distribuita dall' Adriano Salani.
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March 5, 2021
Open Library.
February 17, 2017
Here Comes the Bride frustrated me. I thought it was going to be a story about avoiding the ridiculous demands of a wedding and making sure one remembered the love that was supposed to go into the day. Instead, it was more a lazy critique against women for caring about supposedly frivolous things. Filomena is a seamstress and she's dreamed of making herself a wedding dress. When her beloved neighbour proposes, she's so excited to create the dress of her dreams that she gets a bit wrapped up in her work. She decides not to go out on a date with her beloved because she is working on her dress. But this narrative does not point to a crazy bridezilla, but a woman of skill wanting to create something for herself. Being a bit wrapped up in work and not wanting to go out once is not a sign that she's forgotten the love that founds her soon-to-be marriage.
On the day of the wedding, Filomena walks into the church in a beautiful, huge gown. Her fiance freaks out because men are scared of tulle or something, and he flees (specifically, he says she can't fit on his scooter...). Yes, the groom flees because Filomena's dress is too amazing? Unfortunately, Filomena doesn't realise this dude deserves to be kicked to the curb for RUNNING AWAY FROM A DRESS. She runs after him, losing pieces of her hard work. In the end, she marries him happily in a white shift.
Ugg... While I do think that there is a HORRIBLE tendency of people to go overboard with weddings (often because of pressure from other people), women are allowed to care about things like dresses. Just because it's fashion, doesn't mean it is valueless, and it seems odd to feature a SEAMSTRESS getting yelled at for making a beautiful gown. The only thing she does wrong is spend "too much time" on the dress (which is not just a personal desire, but probably a good piece of business branding as well!). The book critiques traditional expressions of femininity quite hard, but before any true harm from these actions was shown. Whatever book, her dress was pretty.
A plus was that the art was super cool, but even that couldn't save this book from its flaws.
On the day of the wedding, Filomena walks into the church in a beautiful, huge gown. Her fiance freaks out because men are scared of tulle or something, and he flees (specifically, he says she can't fit on his scooter...). Yes, the groom flees because Filomena's dress is too amazing? Unfortunately, Filomena doesn't realise this dude deserves to be kicked to the curb for RUNNING AWAY FROM A DRESS. She runs after him, losing pieces of her hard work. In the end, she marries him happily in a white shift.
Ugg... While I do think that there is a HORRIBLE tendency of people to go overboard with weddings (often because of pressure from other people), women are allowed to care about things like dresses. Just because it's fashion, doesn't mean it is valueless, and it seems odd to feature a SEAMSTRESS getting yelled at for making a beautiful gown. The only thing she does wrong is spend "too much time" on the dress (which is not just a personal desire, but probably a good piece of business branding as well!). The book critiques traditional expressions of femininity quite hard, but before any true harm from these actions was shown. Whatever book, her dress was pretty.
A plus was that the art was super cool, but even that couldn't save this book from its flaws.
June 28, 2012
Filomena the seamstress finally finds herself getting married, but ends up losing herself and possibly her love while focusing on her dream dress. Very cute love story or "Not seeing the forest for the trees" story. An opportunity to use an Italian accent. Might be good for older school-aged kids if they are interested in some romance!
April 26, 2010
Wonderful illustrations in this quirky book
December 9, 2020
Divertente ma con un bel messaggio finale: non importa il contorno, importa ciò che sta dentro il cuore.
October 21, 2011
Bridezilla in this case is a fashion designer/seamstress who loves to make wedding gowns more than anything. When she finally has the opportunity to create her own gown, she spends months on it. When she appears to tie the knot her groom is so overwhelmed (and the gown is so overwhelming and over the top) that he flees the church. The bride leaves her gown in pieces so she can chase after him and winds up getting married in just a sheath. Ends abruptly.
The illustrations were really creepy - very Quentin Blake (the guy who illustrates Roald Dahl's books). Everyone has widely spaced toothy grins and the ladies have breasts that hang off their chests like flaccid zucchinis. Seriously. I could barely concentrate on the story, I was so horrified.
The illustrations were really creepy - very Quentin Blake (the guy who illustrates Roald Dahl's books). Everyone has widely spaced toothy grins and the ladies have breasts that hang off their chests like flaccid zucchinis. Seriously. I could barely concentrate on the story, I was so horrified.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 7, 2016
A weird tale of a dressmaker who longs to make her own wedding dress. Finally the man of her dreams asks her out and they become engaged. She spends the next few months making her wedding dress (instead of being with him). In the end, she learns it's not the dress that really matters, but being with the one you love.
The illustrations are groovy - that's why I gave it three stars instead of two.
The illustrations are groovy - that's why I gave it three stars instead of two.
August 18, 2010
Rather a silly story, but cute.
September 25, 2010
Not an expected book - the artwork is quite unique, but I like it. The story is really cute. A good read.
October 17, 2015
Very quirky. This book has a nice message of remembering what is important, but the illustrations were not my style. Still a good book, just not something I would usually read for myself.
April 8, 2010
Silly and fun!
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June 30, 2012HELL!! I wanna own this book :-<
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