Dressed for war, the story of Vogue editor Audrey Withers, from the Blitz to the swinging sixties, Julie Summers
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Dressed for war, the story of Vogue editor Audrey Withers, from the Blitz to the swinging sixties, Julie Summers
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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non fiction
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Dressed for war
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bibliography
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Julie Summers
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the story of Vogue editor Audrey Withers, from the Blitz to the swinging sixties
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This is the untold story of our most iconic fashion magazine in its most formative years, in the Second World War. It was an era when wartime exigencies gave its editor, Audrey Withers, the chance to forge an identity for it that went far beyond stylish clothes. In doing so, she set herself against the style and preoccupations of Vogue's mothership in New York, and her often sticky relationship with its formidable editor, Edna Woolman Chase, became a strong dynamic in the Vogue story. But Vogue had a good war, with great writers and top-flight photographers including Lee Miller and Cecil Beaton - who loathed each other - sending images and reports from Europe and much further afield - detailing the plight of the countries and people living amidst war-torn Europe
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