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Description:The White House presents a kaleidoscope of images relevant to the presidency, while the central image, the White House itself, remains the same. All the other images are transitory and rearranged in time by those who live in the White House. It is these ancillary images that personalize the presidency, administration by administration, and help to define a particular era. Among these are the fashions espoused by the first ladies.In this issue of White House History Quarterly we learn about first ladies’ tastes and choices in the twentieth century, in the decades that today’s collectors call “Mid-Century Modern.” There is great variety. All wanted to look good,All wanted to look good, look appropriate, and each one took a difference approach, for different reasons. Their public attitudes toward the world and times, as well as the importance of their own roles, are reflected in their distinctive styles. They bring to mind our first first lady, “Lady Washington” as she was sometimes called. In her portraits she may look the antithesis of style in her time, when an informal, French taste for muslin dominated. But she still, in the utmost chic, donned her domino—the same mask the Lone Ranger usurped 150 years later—when she and the president attended the theater, nor did she remove it. Their choices and the reasons for them mirror the first ladies themselves.— Foreword by William Seale— The Style of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt: Fashion and Frugality in Times of Depression and War by Morgan Blattenberg— The Mamie Look: The Americanness of First Lady Mamie Eisenhower’s Off-the-Rack Fashions, by Kristen A. Hunter— The Jackie Look: Oleg Cassini and the Creation of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s Signature StyleBy Haley M. Rivero— Teardrops of the Moon: Memories of Designing Jewelry for the First Ladies, by Ann Hand— First Lady Betty Ford’s Casual Elegance: The Style of an Ordinary Woman in Extraordinary Times, by Kristin Skinner— Presidential Site Feature: A Cottage in Denison, Texas: The Birthplace of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, by Lonn Taylor— Reflections: Honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower: The 2019 Christmas Ornament, by Stewart D. McLaurinWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with White House History Quarterly: Mid-Century Fashion and the First Ladies: From Ready-to-Wear to Haute Couture (Issue 52). To get started finding White House History Quarterly: Mid-Century Fashion and the First Ladies: From Ready-to-Wear to Haute Couture (Issue 52), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 88

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: White House Historical Association

Release: 2019

ISBN: 0912308761

Description: The White House presents a kaleidoscope of images relevant to the presidency, while the central image, the White House itself, remains the same. All the other images are transitory and rearranged in time by those who live in the White House. It is these ancillary images that personalize the presidency, administration by administration, and help to define a particular era. Among these are the fashions espoused by the first ladies.In this issue of White House History Quarterly we learn about first ladies’ tastes and choices in the twentieth century, in the decades that today’s collectors call “Mid-Century Modern.” There is great variety. All wanted to look good,All wanted to look good, look appropriate, and each one took a difference approach, for different reasons. Their public attitudes toward the world and times, as well as the importance of their own roles, are reflected in their distinctive styles. They bring to mind our first first lady, “Lady Washington” as she was sometimes called. In her portraits she may look the antithesis of style in her time, when an informal, French taste for muslin dominated. But she still, in the utmost chic, donned her domino—the same mask the Lone Ranger usurped 150 years later—when she and the president attended the theater, nor did she remove it. Their choices and the reasons for them mirror the first ladies themselves.— Foreword by William Seale— The Style of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt: Fashion and Frugality in Times of Depression and War by Morgan Blattenberg— The Mamie Look: The Americanness of First Lady Mamie Eisenhower’s Off-the-Rack Fashions, by Kristen A. Hunter— The Jackie Look: Oleg Cassini and the Creation of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s Signature StyleBy Haley M. Rivero— Teardrops of the Moon: Memories of Designing Jewelry for the First Ladies, by Ann Hand— First Lady Betty Ford’s Casual Elegance: The Style of an Ordinary Woman in Extraordinary Times, by Kristin Skinner— Presidential Site Feature: A Cottage in Denison, Texas: The Birthplace of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, by Lonn Taylor— Reflections: Honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower: The 2019 Christmas Ornament, by Stewart D. McLaurinWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with White House History Quarterly: Mid-Century Fashion and the First Ladies: From Ready-to-Wear to Haute Couture (Issue 52). To get started finding White House History Quarterly: Mid-Century Fashion and the First Ladies: From Ready-to-Wear to Haute Couture (Issue 52), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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