All the Rage: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty: A History of Pain, Pleasure, and Power: 1860-1960

by Virginia Nicholson

A panoramic social history that chronicles the quest for beauty in all its contradictions--and how it affects the female body.

"Women have been fat or slim, hyperthyroid or splenetic, sallow or pink-cheeked, slouched or erect, according to the prevalent notions of beauty." --Cecil Beaton, The Glass of Fashion

Who decides what is fashionable? What clothes we wear, what hairstyles we create, what color lipstick we adore,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1639367063
• ISBN13: 9781639367061
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.