When women ran Fifth Avenue : glamour and power at the dawn of American fashion

Satow, Julie, author.

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"A glittering, glamorous portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visionary women who led them, from the award-winning author of The Plaza"-- Provided by publisher.

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Bonwit Teller & Co. History

Department stores New York (State) New York History

Fashion New York (State) New York History

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Odlum, Hortense McQuarrie, 1892-1970

Shaver, Dorothy, 1893-1959

Stutz, Geraldine

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ISBN:

9780385548755

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xxi, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm

Other Title:

When women ran 5th Avenue : glamour and power at the dawn of American fashion

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-273) and index

Contents:

Hortense goes shopping
Dorothy arrives "home"
Maggie Walker's new venture
Dorothy discovers art deco
Hortense's first job
Bessie Harrison becomes a buyer
President Hortense
Dorothy's American look
Fashion is spinach
Geraldine at Glamour
Hortense has a rival
The real Rachel Menken
President Dorothy
Geraldine's street of shops
Dorothy branches out
President Geraldine
Adel's mannequins
Hortense on her own
Geraldine meets her match
The Friday morning lineup
Geraldine, department store owner
Afterword

LCCN:

2023039182

Control Number:

3320550

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