Fashion Is Spinach: How to Beat the Fashion Racket
Beaux-arts (biographies), Femmes (biographies), Affaires et économie, Histoire
Audio avec voix de synthèse, Braille automatisé
Résumé
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