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The Lost Art of Dress: The Women Who Once Made America Stylish
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780465066865
- Book Title
- Lost Art of Dress : the Women Who Once Made America Stylish
- Item Length
- 8.2in
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Design, Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Women, United States / 20th Century, Fashion & Accessories
- Item Width
- 5.6in
- Item Weight
- 13.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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A tribute to a time when style -- and maybe even life -- felt more straightforward, and however arbitrary, there were definitive answers. -- Sadie Stein, Paris Review As a glance down any street in America quickly reveals, American women have forgotten how to dress. We lack the fashion know-how we need to dress professionally and beautifully. In The Lost Art of Dress , historian and dressmaker Linda Przybyszewski reveals that this wasn't always true. In the first half of the twentieth century, a remarkable group of women -- the so-called Dress Doctors -- taught American women that knowledge, not money, was key to a beautiful wardrobe. They empowered women to design, make, and choose clothing for both the workplace and the home. Armed with the Dress Doctors' simple design principles -- harmony, proportion, balance, rhythm, emphasis -- modern American women from all classes learned to dress for all occasions in ways that made them confident, engaged members of society. A captivating and beautifully illustrated look at the world of the Dress Doctors, The Lost Art of Dress introduces a new audience to their timeless rules of fashion and beauty -- rules which, with a little help, we can certainly learn again.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-10
0465066860
ISBN-13
9780465066865
eBay Product ID (ePID)
211902769
Product Key Features
Book Title
Lost Art of Dress : the Women Who Once Made America Stylish
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Women, United States / 20th Century, Fashion & Accessories
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Design, Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.6in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Eighth Grade
Grade to
College Graduate Student
Reviews
"The writing is sharp; the research thorough; and the book's illustrations a lone are worth the price of entry."-- Books & Culture, "If you love history as much as sewing, or are fascinated by the sewing the style manuals of the past, pick up a copy of The Lost Art of Dress ."-- Threads Magazine, "Like another forgotten artifact, the hope chest, her...book is most delightfully and fragrantly packed."-- New York Times Book Review, "[Przybyszewski's] wit and intelligence make this book as entertaining as it is informative."-- Shop the Garment District blog, "Linda Przybyszewski's remarkable, enchanting, well-researched history of America at its most stylish reminds us that once upon a time we were classy and fabulous."-- Karen Karbo, author of The Gospel According to Coco Chanel, "A witty look at well-dressed women and a defense of the classic home-economics course."-- Columbus Dispatch
Dewey Decimal
746.9/2
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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