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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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fascinating & informative
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.
Published on April 18, 2000
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0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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JACKIE? O NO! WHAT A TERRIBLE FIT THIS TOME IS
O! Can't poor Jackie O ever finally rest in peace? Now comes author Kathleen Caughwell-Varda's photo-packed coffeetable book that spends too many pages "looking" for the women who, like Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis, broke barriers and influenced their eras, from the 1800s to the present. The relatively unknown are here (Julia Gardiner Tyler, Elizabeth Patterson...
Published on September 29, 2002 by Alan W. Petrucelli
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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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.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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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.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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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.
0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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JACKIE? O NO! WHAT A TERRIBLE FIT THIS TOME IS,
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This review is from: Looking for Jackie: American Fashion Icons (Hardcover)
O! Can't poor Jackie O ever finally rest in peace? Now comes author Kathleen Caughwell-Varda's photo-packed coffeetable book that spends too many pages "looking" for the women who, like Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis, broke barriers and influenced their eras, from the 1800s to the present. The relatively unknown are here (Julia Gardiner Tyler, Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte) as well as the essentials (Crawford, Swanson, Kelly.) Yawning yet? Save the money and go buy a pillbox hat.
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Looking for Jackie: American Fashion Icons by Kathleen Craughwell-Varda (Hardcover - Nov. 1999)
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