Dressing Up
Fun in Women's Clothing

Block's Dressing Up offers us a look into the love affair between American women and French fashion. The book begins with the rise of French fashion as a pan-European phenomenon in the eighteenth century before diving into the American/French fashion market. Beginning in the eighteenth century when......more

gives the reader an incredibly thorough understanding of the life and times of the late 19th century high fashionistas and their relationships to the times, their inter relationships and relation to society. The research and the accompanying visuals and artwork are truly astounding. Enjoyed it immense......more

Beautiful dresses and engaging stories about the first generation of U.S. women influencers.......more

- The point of dressing up has long been associated with impracticalness of it: it shows that one has enough capital that one can afford to dress not needing to work a difficult job - Much of the fashion of yester years would scream vulgar today: they're simply way too complicated and against the Cha......more

Just finished reading this last night. It was a splurge ebook buy, and for me, it was worth it. The focus in terms of time period is the Gilded Age, one of my favorite periods in history. Block gives a detailed account of the role American and British women played in the French fashion world at that......more