New Orleans style
By: Andi Eaton
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781626196414
Subjects: Fashion; History; Design; Aesthetics; Social life and customs; Neighborhoods; CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Fashion
Description: "History of style and fashion in New Orleans from colonization to present day"--

"After more than three hundred years, New Orleans style is not just sartorial but also venerable. A melting pot of cultures gives rise to the diverse fashion influences of French sophistication, Spanish exuberance and deep Creole roots. Classic trends like jazz style, the ebullient irreverence of Mardi Gras, festive fashion and seersucker's cool lines are quintessentially New Orleans. The local aesthetic established by the keen eyes at Maison Blanche and D.H. Holmes, master haberdashers at Rubesteins, milliners like Yvonne LaFleur and perfumers Hove Parfumeur formed a foundation on which the city's rising stars reinvigorate and build a new fashion capital. Join author and designer Andi Eaton and discover the Big Easy's stylish legacy and a new side of New Orleans"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Stephanie Granada; title: Part I: A Brief History of New Orleans; title: 1. The Gathering of Waters; title: 2. The Explorer, the Friends and the Brothers; title: 3. The Crescent City Is Born; title: Part II: New Orleans Historic Style; title: 4. New Orleans Heritage; title: 5. The Haberdasheries, Milliners and Finery of a Retail District; title: 6. The Style of the Jazz Era; title: 7. Mardi Gras Costumes and Couture; title: 8. Festival Fashions; title: 9. Lessons in Southern Dressing; title: Part III: New Orleans Neighborhood Style; title: 10. Carrollton/Riverbend; title: 11. Uptown; title: 12. The Garden District; title: 13. The French Quarter; title: 14. Faubourg Treme; title: 15. Faubourg Marigny and the Bywater; title: 16. Mid-City, City Park and Bayou St. John; title: 17. The Warehouse and Arts District and the CBD; title: In Closing.