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Glamour - A History (Paperback)
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Glamour - A History (Paperback)
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Glamour is one of the most tantalizing and bewitching aspects of
contemporary culture - but also one of the most elusive. The aura
of celebrity, the style of the fashion world, the vanity of the
rich and beautiful, and the publicity-driven rites of cafe society
are all imbued with its irresistible magnetism. But what exactly is
glamour? Where does it come from? How old is it? And can anyone
quite capture its magic? Stephen Gundle answers all these questions
and more in this first ever history of the phenomenon, from Paris
in the tumultuous final decades of the eighteenth century through
to Hollywood, New York, and Monte Carlo in the twentieth and
twenty-first centuries, from Napoleon to Marlene Dietrich and
Marilyn Monroe, from Beau Brummell to Gianni Versace. Throughout,
the book captures the excitement and sex appeal of glamour while
exposing its mechanisms and exploring its sleazy and sometimes
tragic underside. As Gundle shows, while glamour is exciting and
magnetic, its promise is ultimately an illusion that can only ever
be partially fulfilled.
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