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Dressing up : the women who influenced French fashion / Elizabeth L. Block.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection GT610 .B56 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Block, Elizabeth L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fashion--United States--History--19th century.
- Fashion.
- Fashion--France--History--19th century.
- Women's clothing industry--France--History--19th century.
- Women's clothing industry.
- Women consumers--United States--History--19th century.
- Women consumers.
- Affluent consumers--United States--History--19th century.
- Affluent consumers.
- United States--Social life and customs--1865-1918.
- United States.
- Manners and customs.
- France.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 282 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "A provocative look at late 19th-century French fashion, which discredits the couturier as "genius creator" and makes you think differently about the impact of the American women who influenced the market"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Dressing up
- Midcentury tastemakers
- Connections among coiffeurs, couturiers, hairdressers, milliners, and perfumers
- Couturiers and international expositions
- International clientele
- Maison Félix and its U.S. clients
- Gowns and mansions : French fashion in U.S. homes
- Rising prices : the impact of U.S, tariffs
- The underworld and afterlife of French couture in the United States
- Conclusion: Follow the dresses.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780262045841
- 0262045842
- OCLC:
- 1221015558
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