The lost art of dress : the women who once made America stylish /

"The Lost Art of Dress explores how, in the first half of the 20th century, a remarkable group of women, whom Przybyszewski calls the Dress Doctors, taught Americans how to dress well and spearheaded a nationwide movement toward beautiful, economical, and egalitarian fashion. By the 1960s, howe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Przybyszewski, Linda
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introducing the Dress Doctors
  • Art: principles for beauty
  • Occasions: the duty and pleasure of dress
  • Thrift: much for little
  • Revolt: the fall of the Dress Doctors
  • Aftermath: tyrannies of age and size.