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Using information from Vogue magazine's archives, this book chronicles the lives of the rich and famous in the years between the wars and during World War II. The book presents a selection of articles from Vogue including sections from the gossip column How One Lives from Day to Day, filled with the activities of the Sitwells and Mitfords, Margot Asquith and the Prince of Wales, Coco Chanel and Noel Coward. There are also articles whose topic range includes bringing out debutantes, dealing with servants, meeting royalty and the joys of travel by such contributors as Evelyn Waugh, Robert Byron, Nancy Mitford and Cecil Beaton.

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Library Journal Review

Having plundered the archives of the British, American, and French editions of Vogue magazine, Ross here presents hundreds of photographs, drawings, and essays chronicling the amusements of the international social elite during the 1920s, 1930s, and early 1940s. Their pressing concerns revolved about debutante balls, presentations at court, night clubbing, travel, sports, and interior decoration, and they managed to continue to live graciously despite wartime austerities. Famous Vogue contributors such as Cecil Beaton, Noel Coward, and Louis Horst are represented here by hundreds of illustrations and article excerpts. There's not a breath of scandal, just witty commentary or serious advice on how best to dress or behave. Evident care was expended in documenting the sources. An elegant volume for the nostalgia or fashion history buff that will make a pleasant addition to larger collections.-- Therese D. Baker, Western Kentucky Univ. Libs., Bowling Green (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.