The Emperor's New Clothes

Abstract

This is a lavish oversized (10 1/2" x 11") presentation by a famous clothes-designer. This book has style! And so it fits its story perfectly! Every picture of the Emperor emphasizes his 1600's style. The dress and hair presentation reminds me of La Fontaine's portraits. Do not miss these special treats: the guardian of the Emperor's dressing room; the Emperor's cape and walking outfit; and the white-haired aristocratic woman with a beauty mark just above her left breast! How "naked" does this Emperor get? When he ends up wearing nothing, he seems to have on a corset and a sheer kind of panty-hose. The book has two other special features: a key-hole through which we can watch him getting dressed before the first encounter with the swindlers, and a bookmark-ribbon that is a pair of golden scissors. The layout of the book allows for a page with nothing on it but the words "But he has got nothing on" before we turn the page to learn that a child says it. This Emperor thinks then that the procession still has to go on. Does he learn anything? The last image a page later is of the two swindlers sneaking away. Copyright 1992 by Coppenrath Verlag in Münster.