Dressing Up Debutantes: Pageantry and Glitz in Texas

by Michaele Thurgood Haynes

Book Overview

For ninety years, young society women in San Antonio, Texas have donned custom-designed dresses and trains to take part in the Coronation of a queen and her court. These royal robes, which weigh fifty pounds and more and cost an average of $18,000, are highly embellished with rhinestones and beads. The Coronation is part of the ten-day, century-old festival celebrating the final battle of the 1836 Texas revolt against Mexico. This book provides a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859739393
• ISBN13: 9781859739396
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"