Essence of Style How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafes, Style, Sophistication, and Glamour

Name: Essence of Style How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafes, Style, Sophistication, and Glamour
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ISBN: 9780743264143

ISBN-10: 0743264142

ISBN-13: 9780743264143

Edition: 2006

Authors: Joan DeJean, Joan DeJean

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What makes fashionistas willing to pay a small fortune for a particular designer accessory? Why does a special occasion only become really special when a champagne cork pops? Why are diamonds the status symbol gemstone, instantly signifying wealth, power, and even emotional commitment? Writing with great élan, one of the foremost authorities on seventeenth-century French culture provides the answer to these and other fascinating questions in her account of how, at one glittering moment in history, the French under Louis XIV set the standards of sophistication, style, and glamour that still rule our lives today. Joan DeJean takes us back to the birth of haute cuisine, the first…

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List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 6/6/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English