The Perfect Mother's Day Gift.
Update--May 2016
Received as Mother's Day gift in 2014 and immediately devoured it. Two years later it is still a recommended read. Enjoy the review; didn't change a word for the original post!
The Lost Art of Dress--The Women Who Once Made America Stylish by Linda Przybyszewski.
What a book it is; 288 pages, illustrations, 33 pages of notes and 15 pages of index. This is a textbook, history book, reference book; not the casual read one would expect. Don't be put off by it's textbook format as it is so much more. The Lost Art of Dress is a fascinating, readable, intellectual treatise on women's dress in America. I recommend it as an enjoyable, educational summer read.
Linda Przybyszewski, the author, is associate professor of history at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, IN. She is also a dressmaker, she comes from a family of dressmakers, and a fashion connoisseur.
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