Fashion is spinach / Elizabeth Hawes.
Publisher: Mineola : Dover Publications, 2015Description: 352 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: 42892ISBN: 9780486797311 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Hawes, Elizabeth, 1903-1971 | Fashion design -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century | Fashion -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century | Clothing and dress -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century | Beauty and FashionDDC classification: 746.92092 LOC classification: TT505.H35 | A3 2015Summary: Combining autobiography with a history of the fashion industry during the 1920s and '30s, this astute and witty memoir by a leading American designer encourages consumer rebellion against fads.| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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After working as a stylist in Paris, Elizabeth Hawes (1903-71) launched one of the first American design houses in Depression-era New York. Hawes was an outspoken critic of the fashion industry and a champion of ready-to-wear styles. Fashion Is Spinach, her witty and astute memoir, offers an insider's critique of the fashion scene during the 1920s and '30s.
"I don't know when the word fashion came into being, but it was an evil day," Hawes declares. Style, she maintains, reflects an era's mood, altering only with changes in attitude and taste. Fashion, conversely, exists only to perpetuate sales. Hawes denounces the industry's predatory practices, advising readers to reject ever-changing fads in favor of comfortable, durable, flattering attire. Decades ahead of her time, she offers a fascinating and tartly observed behind-the-scenes look at the fashion industry's economics, culture, and ethics.
Combining autobiography with a history of the fashion industry during the 1920s and '30s, this astute and witty memoir by a leading American designer encourages consumer rebellion against fads.
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