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Author:

Hoobler, Dorothy.

Title:

Vanity rules : a history of American fashion and beauty / Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler.

Publisher:

Twenty-first Century Boosk,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

160 p. : ill., ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Costume--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
Fashion--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
Beauty, Personal--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
Costume--History.
Fashion--History.
Beauty, Personal--History.
United States--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.
United States--Social life and customs.

Other Authors:

Hoobler, Thomas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-156) and index.

Contents:

12. Everyone can be beautiful. 2. Style in the Revolution and afterward -- 3. Petticoats and crinolines -- 4. Beauty in an age of excess -- 5. The Gibson Girl to the Christy Girl -- 6. The flapper -- 7. The glamour girl -- 8. The new look -- 9. The beautiful people -- 10. Power suits and disco wear -- 11. Fitness is everything -- 12. Everyone can be beautiful.

Summary:

Describes the shifting ideal of beauty in the United States, from colonial times to the present, and how it influenced and was influenced by societal and economic changes.

ISBN:

9780761312581
0761312587

LCCN:

99012820

Locations:

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

44SX715 -- South O'Brien Community School (Paullina)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)