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Author Hoobler, Dorothy.

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

Publication Info. Brookfield, Conn. : Twenty-First Century Books, [2000]
©2000

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J391 HOO    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 391 HOOBLER    Check Shelf
Description 160 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-156) and index.
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.
Contents 1. The search for beauty in colonial America -- 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.
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.
Added Author Hoobler, Thomas.
ISBN 0761312587 (lib. bdg.)
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