{"product_id":"the-lost-art-of-dress-the-women-who-once-made-america-stylish-9780465036714","title":"The Lost Art of Dress: The Women Who Once Made America Stylish","description":"\u003cp\u003eA New York Times Bestseller  From an award-winning historian  the fascinating tale of the 20th-century women who taught America how to dress  A tribute to a time when styleand maybe even lifefelt more straightforward  and however arbitrary  there were definitive answers. Paris Review  As a glance down any street in America quickly reveals  American women have forgotten how to dress. We lack the fashion know-how we need to dress professionally and beautifully. In The Lost Art of Dress  historian and skilled dressmaker Linda Przybyszewski reveals that this wasnt always true.  In the first half of the twentieth century  a remarkable group of womenthe so-called Dress Doctorstaught American women that knowledge  not money  was key to a beautiful wardrobe. They empowered women to design  make  and choose clothing for both the workplace and the home. Armed with the Dress Doctors simple design principlesharmony  proportion  balance  rhythm  emphasismodern American women from all classes learned to dress for all occasions in ways that made them confident  engaged members of society.  A captivating and beautifully illustrated look at the world of the Dress Doctors  The Lost Art of Dress introduces a new audience to their timeless rules of fashion and beautyrules which  with a little help  we can certainly learn again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45280467484725,"sku":"ByrdShop_0465036716","price":42.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780465036714.jpg?v=1780637655","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-lost-art-of-dress-the-women-who-once-made-america-stylish-9780465036714","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}