WHEN WOMEN RAN FIFTH AVENUE Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion

Narrator Karen Murray invites listeners into the personal and professional lives of three women who influenced the rise of the American fashion industry between the 1930s and the 1960s: Hortense Odlum, Dorothy Shaver, and Geraldine Stutz. Murray's strong pacing and intelligent phrasing reveal the passion and drive of these women who encouraged young American designers, created posh store interiors to attract clientele, and even created new mannequins to showcase their stores' extravagant merchandise displays. Listeners who love shopping will enjoy learning what the shopping experience was like before malls, help-yourself big box stores, and the Internet ever existed. E.E.S. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2024]