When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion
Satow’s book has one longing for that delightful hush when the gates rolled down, the doormen went home and shopping gave way to sleepytime.
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Charming ... Satow could have focused on the stores alone, with their array of delightful bygone details. But by following Odlum, Shaver and Stutz, she posits that women, in shaping retail, invented the American fashion industry ... What Satow doesn’t explore, though her writing is haunted by the topic like a well-dressed ghost, is the decline in American fashion.
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Ms. Satow’s carefully researched book is compulsively readable ... She portrays the women with verve; we get a a glimpse into their lives.
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