![]() ![]() The plot is simple, but it is not predictable, which is a refreshing trait. ![]() The story pushes you to read more with every turn. I read The Prince and the Dressmaker in one day. Those days I feel like I’m actually…a princess.” (44) “Some days I look at myself in the mirror and think, ‘That’s me, Prince Sebastian! I wear boy clothes and look like my father.’ Other days it doesn’t feel right at all. Sebastian, meanwhile, is facing pressure from his parents to choose a fiance and the stress of navigating the same social sphere as both Prince Sebastian and the fashion icon Lady Crystallia. Frances must navigate keeping Sebastian/Lady Crystallia’s secret while trying to establish herself as a designer. ![]() The Prince and the Dressmaker follows Frances, a seamstress hired by Prince Sebastian to make him dresses for his secret double life as Lady Crystallia. I was completely enchanted by the aesthetic of the artwork, and the story is sweet, straightforward, and heartfelt to match. The Prince and the Dressmaker is a beautiful graphic novel by Jen Wang. Trigger warnings: Forced outing, Transphobia, Parent illness, Sexual harrassment Note: The Prince and the Dressmaker is Not sexually explicit ![]() Nonbinary protagonist (unspecified but likely genderfluid or bigender by today’s standards) ![]()
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