Cocktail culture
Subtitle: ritual and invention in American fashion, 1920-1980
By: edited by Joanne Dolan Ingersoll; essays by Gretchen Fenston, Susan Hannel, Joanne Dolan Ingersoll, Clare Sauro, Kristina Wilson
Contributors: Rhode Island School of Design. Museum of Art
Publisher: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [Providence]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
Subjects: Clothing and dress; Exhibitions; History; Women; Social life and customs; Design
Notes: "This catalog is published to accompany the exhibition Cocktail Culture: Ritual and Invention in American Fashion, 1920-1980, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, April 15-July 31, 2011"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Ritual and invention in American fashion  -- Joanne Dolan Ingersoll; title: Hollywood comes of age: cocktail culture on the silver screen, 1920-1930  -- Clare Sauro; title: "Everyone can go to Harlem - and everyone does": the impact of Harlem on cocktail culture  -- Susan Hannel; title: All the right ingredients: how Americans dressed for cocktails  -- Joanne Dolan Ingersoll; title: Blithe spirits: cocktails and hats  -- Gretchen Fenston; title: "The happiest party in town": cocktail accessories and American culture, 1945-1965 -- Kristina Wilson.