From Dolly Madison to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, more than 175 color and b&w photos reveal the fascinating fashion world of women who defined American style.
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Kathleen Craughwell-Varda works as a museum consultant in New York and Connecticut and has specialized in historic textiles for fifteen years. She earned an M.A. in costume history from New York University in conjunction with the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She lectures widely on costume and textile history and conservation and has written articles on women's history for several exhibition catalogues.
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fascinating & informative,
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This review is from: Looking for Jackie: American Fashion Icons (Hardcover)
Ms.Varda's book is one of the most beautiful books on fashion I've ever beheld. The essays on women, from Betsy Bonaparte to Alice Roosevelt, are fascinating and elegantly written. The illustrations are gorgeous(full-page facsimiles of paintings,wonderful photographs).This would make a fantastic gift for anyone interested in women's studies, as well as fashion.
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Hip look at the history of chic in the U.S.,
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This review is from: Looking for Jackie: American Fashion Icons (Hardcover)
Using glamorous photos, paintings, letters and anecdotes, Craughwell-Varda has turned out a winner of a book on American fashion icons: Jackie, Dolley Madison, the Duchess of Windsor. The author deftly mixes juicy details-Julia Gardener Tyler was a shopaholic-with intellectual discourse on how the way these women dressed changed politics, movies and fashion. A great gift for your favorite fashionista, and a coffee-table book that shows brains as well as beauties.
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A Veritable Plethora of Photographic Progression,
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This review is from: Looking for Jackie: American Fashion Icons (Hardcover)
After reading this book, I feel that I have a better understanding of the complexities surrounding the female icon, whether it be modern,victorian, or beyond. Craughwell-Varda tapped into a well that until now, I did not appreciate. A wonderful book, with spectacular illustrations.
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