NEW YORK CITY FASHION WEEK TAKES ON THE WORLD

“People have always loved to look at fairy princesses, queens, beautiful objects, buildings, and gardens. Looking at beauty is a natural part of life." - Diana Vreeland, "Particular Passions: Talks with Women who Have Shaped our Times"

Read a brief oral biography of Diana Vreeland from "Particular Passions,"  whose seminal exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art elevated fashion to fine art.

Available for all e-readers at Amazon and Apple for $.99.

"Particular Passions" profiles forty-six American women who forged successful careers in fields that had traditionally been open only to men. The women were pioneers in the arts and sciences, athletics and law, mathematics and politics, among other disciplines. They overcame countless obstacles to build fulfilling lives for themselves, and in so doing opened doors for new generations of women in America and around the world.

"Every woman owes it to herself to look up Particular Passions—borrow the volume from your public library. Or, better still, buy it and put it with your favorite novel or poetry collection to sustain you. Every story in the book is an inspiration. This book is a joy and a tonic." —Pioneer Press and Dispatch

Particular Passions, the complete book, is available for $7.99 at Apple  and Amazon.

DIANA VREELAND - ADDICTED TO FASHION

"Fashion is made to become unfashionable"  - Coco Chanel Layers of petticoats, ribbons, and ruffles, Now we wear flip flops in which we can shuffle.

Marquise de Pompadour by François Boucher 1756

Do yourself a favor and buy a brief chapter from "Particular Passions: Talks with Women Who Have Shaped our Times" - the oral biography of Diana Vreeland, whose pioneering exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art elevated fashion to a fine art - a bargain at $.99  Available at  Amazon  and Apple.

"One of those rare, rare books that pick your life up, turn it around and point it in the right direction." — K.T. Maclay

DIANA VREELAND CREATED FASHION AS A "HERITAGE SITE"

"A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic." — George Bernard Shaw

Vreeland documented this remarkable fact, Exhibiting styles at the Met with great tact.

Her flair and ability to attract huge masses, Shows were so special we had to have passes.

Vreeland is a fashion icon, whose life is documented in the recent blockbuster, “The Eye has to Travel.  Her seminal exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art elevated fashion to fine art.

Do yourself a favor and buy a brief chapter of her life from Particular Passions: Talks with Women Who Have Shaped our Times - a bargain at $.99.

"One of those rare, rare books that pick your life up, turn it around and point it in the right direction." — K.T. Maclay

Particular Passions is available on Amazon and Apple.

TIMELESS ELEGANCE

Jacques Fath, 1951. Photo Philippe Pottier.

Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress. - Coco Chanel

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What was fashionable or beautiful fades quickly as new styles and trends rapidly replace each other. They quicken the heart of the potential buyer who sees "a must have" and keeps the economy running at a clip. Sometimes there are designs that transcend time: this is one of them....for me. I hope you enjoy this timeless elegance from the 1950's.