Fashion Is Spinach
Title | Fashion Is Spinach PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Hawes |
Publisher | Courier Dover Publications |
Total Pages | 352 |
Release | 2015-05-26 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0486805182 |
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.
Fashion is Spinach
Title | Fashion is Spinach PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Hawes |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 362 |
Release | 1938 |
Genre | Clothing and dress |
ISBN |
Personal experiences of a fashion designer.
Sylvia's Spinach
Title | Sylvia's Spinach PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine Pryor |
Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
Total Pages | 32 |
Release | 2018-08-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1430132566 |
Sylvia Spivens always says no to spinach. But one day Sylvia's teacher gives her a packet of spinach seeds to plant for the school garden. Overcoming her initial reluctance and giving the seeds a little love and patience, Sylvia discovers the joy of growing food and the pleasure of tasting something new.
Fashion is Spinach
Title | Fashion is Spinach PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Hawes |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 360 |
Release | 1940 |
Genre | Clothing and dress |
ISBN |
Personal experiences of a costume designer.
Fashion Is Spinach
Title | Fashion Is Spinach PDF eBook |
Author | Hawes Elizabeth |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 1901 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780259702900 |
Radical by Design
Title | Radical by Design PDF eBook |
Author | Bettina Berch |
Publisher | Dutton Adult |
Total Pages | 246 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
The Lost Art of Dress
Title | The Lost Art of Dress PDF eBook |
Author | Linda Przybyszewski |
Publisher | Basic Books |
Total Pages | 400 |
Release | 2014-04-29 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 0465080472 |
A history of the women who taught Americans how to dress in the first half of the 20th century—and whose lessons we’d do well to remember today.