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Released by First Second Books in early 2018, The Prince and The Dressmaker tells the story of Sebastian, a french prince who secretly dons dresses and wigs and sneaks out to enjoy the Parisian night life as fashion icon Lady Crystallia, and Frances, Sebastian’s dressmaker and best friend. Playbill reports that Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Bobby Lopez, the creative team behind the scores for Frozen, Coco, and Frozen 2, will team with playwright Amy Herzog and producer Marc Platt to bring the YA graphic novel to the screen. “Drecoll Model of Black Lace.The Prince and The Dressmaker, the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning graphic novel by cartoonist Jen Wang, is coming to the big screen as a movie musical.

Would Lady Crystallia wear this dress? Why or why not? Use visual, textual evidence.

What components of this design are present in the current fashion trends?.

How is this design similar to Frances’ work in the book? How is it different?.

Encourage students to make connections to Frances’ creative design work in the book The Prince and the Dressmaker.

Drecoll was an extravagant designer who had many ideas and designs that influenced fashion in the early 1900s, including the beginnings of the design of the balloon sleeve. For this primary source pairing, invite students to study an ad showing a lace dress created by German fashion designer Christoph Drecoll in 1910. Together they dream and create dresses that revolutionize the fashion of the time. Frances takes on the roles of secret keeper and designer when she begins to work with Prince Sebastian. After a fashion faux pas turns into a fashion success, Frances is recruited by Prince Sebastian as his personal seamstress. Prince Sebastian is in need of someone trustworthy and talented. How long can Frances defer her dreams to protect a friend?įrances is a talented and unique dressmaker. But Frances dreams of greatness, and being someone’s secret weapon means being a secret. At night he puts on daring dresses and takes Paris by storm as the fabulous Lady Crystallia-the hottest fashion icon in the world capital of fashion! Sebastian’s secret weapon (and best friend) is the brilliant dressmaker Frances-one of only two people who know the truth: sometimes this boy wears dresses. Sebastian is too busy hiding his secret life from everyone.

Paris, at the dawn of the modern age: Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride-or rather, his parents are looking for one for him.