Title: Fashion is spinach
Description: "After working as a stylist in Paris, Elizabeth Hawes launched one of the first American design houses in Depression-era New York. Her witty and astute memoir offers an insider's critique of the fashion scene during the 1920s and '30s. Hawes denounces the industry's predatory practices, advising readers to reject ever-changing fads in favor of comfortable, durable, flattering attire"--
Subjects: Fashion, Clothing trade, Women fashion designers, Fashion designers, Fashion design, Clothing and dress, Biography, History, Costume design, New york (n.y.), biography, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Fashion & Textile Industry, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
Places: United States, New York (State), New York
People: Elizabeth Hawes (1903-1971)
Time periods: 20th century