Name: When Women ran Fifth Avenue
SKU: 63642320
Price: 412.00 ZAR
Availability: InStock
Author: Julie Satow
ISBN: 9781804369890

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Canelo

Author

Julie Satow

Year

2024

Pages

304

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

243 x 163 x 31 (mm)

ISBN13

9781804369890

When Women ran Fifth Avenue

Julie Satow (Author) · Canelo · Hardcover

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Synopsis "When Women ran Fifth Avenue"

A New York Times Bestseller A Cosmopolitan Best Nonfiction Book of 2024 Compulsively readable I found myself dashing through it like a novel The Wall Street Journal Riveting Financial Times The New York Times bestselling story of the golden age of luxury department stores and the trailblazing women who ran them The twentieth century department store a wonderland of consumption where every wish could be met under one roof Dropping off the baby at nursery an afternoon tea a stroll through the latest fashions A wedding or funeral could be planned A Bengal Tiger cub could be purchased Inside these towering price tag palaces anything was possible They were beacons of modernity and within this atmosphere of glamour and luxury women dominated Men may have owned the buildings but inside women ruled Among the rising prices and growing opulence three women climbed to the top Hortense Odlum Dorothy Shaver and Geraldine Stutz Julie Satow draws back the curtain on these three visionaries who took great risks forging new paths for the women who followed in their footsteps This stylish account rich with personal drama and trade secrets captures the department store in all its glitz decadence and fun and showcases the women who made that beautifully c