An edition of Parfait (2005)

Parfait

Barfait

Parfait
Emily K. Larned, Emily K. Larn ...
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An edition of Parfait (2005)

Parfait

Barfait

Emily K. Larned takes on fashions from the past in this issue of her Coptic bound, quarter-sized art zine. Juxtaposing a photograph of a particularly stylish individual from sources such as "Everyday Knitting" and "20,000 Years of fashion" with her irreverent commentary, she creates stories and personalities for the photographs. Next she reviews an out of print book called Celebrity Needlepoint and points out examples of the cliché "Make it more meaningful" from found sources. To finish off the first part, she illustrates several "self-help" slogans like "Just work harder!" and searches for certain phrases in LEO, the online NYPL catalog. The second part of the zine, called Barfait, is a series of essays on popular culture that Larned dislikes, such as Citibank ads, abridgements of books by Edith Wharton and Gustave Flaubert, cooptation by the Museum of Jewish Heritage, and the "pressata panini."

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Publisher
Red Charming
Language
English
Pages
75

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Cover of: Parfait
Parfait: style sheet
2010, Red Charming
in English
Cover of: Parfait
Parfait: Barfait
2005, Red Charming
in English
Cover of: Parfait
Parfait: It's nice
2005, Red Charming
in English

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Edition Notes

"Introducing the PARFAIT style sheet in which your discerning editor turns her sartorial eye to antiquated books seking fashion inspiration for all."

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No. 3 Gift of the author, donated in 2009.

245 updated 500 gift added item to SC 2015 kb

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Brooklyn, NY
Series
Parfait

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Pagination
75 p.
Number of pages
75

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL44979868M
OCLC/WorldCat
309790466

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Work Description

This one-page style guide prints style ideas from "out-of-print books, magazines, postcards, & newspapers" and adds "gleefully sincere analysis of said ensembles." The zine is in black and white with yellow accents; it is folded into quarters and comes in a legal envelope. The author sells her zines and other work at http://www.redcharming.com.

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