Fashion Is Spinach: How to Beat the Fashion Racket

Fashion Is Spinach: How to Beat the Fashion RacketAfter working as a stylist in Paris, Elizabeth Hawes (1903 71) launched one of the first American design houses in Depression era New York. Hawes was an outspoken critic of the fashion industry and a champion of ready to wear styles. Fashion Is Spinach, her witty and astute memoir, offers an insider's critique of the fashion scene during the 1920s and '30s. "I don't know when the word fashion came into being, but it was an evil day," Hawes declares.

After working as a stylist in Paris, Elizabeth Hawes (1903-71) launched one of the first American design houses in Depression-era New York. Hawes was an outspoken critic of the fashion industry and a champion of ready-to-wear styles. Fashion Is Spinach, her witty and astute memoir, offers an insider's critique of the fashion scene during the 1920s and '30s.
"I don't know when the word fashion came into being, but it was an evil day," Hawes declares. Style, she maintains, reflects an era's mood, altering only with changes in attitude and taste. Fashion, conversely, exists only to perpetuate sales. Hawes denounces the industry's predatory practices, advising readers to reject ever-changing fads in favor of comfortable, durable, flattering attire. Decades ahead of her time, she offers a fascinating and tartly observed behind-the-scenes look at the fashion industry's economics, culture, and ethics.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 06/17/2015
ISBN: 9780486797311
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d