The Lost Art of Dress: The Women Who Once Made America Stylish
- ISBN-10
- 0465080472
- ISBN-13
- 9780465080472
- Category
- Design
- Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-04-29
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Author
- Linda Przybyszewski
Description
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.
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