Style and Decadence (142 books)

The people and places who make fashion, beauty, and style oh-so chic.

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100	Elsa Schiaparelli: A Biography by Meryle Secrest 3.44 avg rating — 293 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
102	The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York by Anne de Courcy 3.62 avg rating — 3,892 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
103	Mrs. Astor's New York: Money and Social Power in a Gilded Age by Eric Homberger 3.74 avg rating — 68 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
103	Chanel's Riviera: Peace and War on The Côte d’Azur by Anne de Courcy 3.67 avg rating — 1,568 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
105	The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe by Angela Kelly 3.79 avg rating — 4,815 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
106	The World of Gloria Vanderbilt by Wendy Goodman 3.96 avg rating — 191 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
107	The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me by Sofka Zinovieff 3.75 avg rating — 350 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
108	Jacqueline Kennedy, The White House Years: Selections from the John F. Kennedy Library & Museum by Hamish Bowles 4.53 avg rating — 251 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
109	Grace Kelly Style: Fashion for Hollywood's Princess by Kristina Haugland 4.08 avg rating — 61 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
110	Yves Saint Laurent by Alice Rawsthorn 3.87 avg rating — 113 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
111	Those Wild Wyndhams: Three Sisters at the Heart of Power by Claudia Renton 3.53 avg rating — 458 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
112	Jean Patou: A Fashionable Life by Emmanuelle Polle 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
113	Lillian Bassman: Women by Deborah Solomon (Goodreads Author) 4.74 avg rating — 38 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
114	Cecil Beaton: The Art of the Scrapbook by James Danziger 4.90 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
115	Time Exposure by Cecil Beaton 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
116	Beauty in Exile: The Artists, Models, and Nobility who Fled the Russian Revolution and Influenced the World of Fashion by Alexandre Vassiliev 4.16 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
117	Balenciaga by Marie-Andrée Jouve 4.22 avg rating — 51 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
118	Charles James: Beyond Fashion (Metropolitan Museum of Art by Harold Koda 4.64 avg rating — 107 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
119	Roger Vivier by Virginie Mouzat really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
120	Debutantes: When Glamour was Born by Diana Oswald 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
121	Paris 1962: Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Dior, The Early Collections by Jerry Schatzberg 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
122	The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters by Charlotte Mosley (Editor) 4.11 avg rating — 3,225 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
122	Authentic French Fashions of the Twenties: 413 Costume Designs from "L'Art Et La Mode" by JoAnne Olian (Editor) 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
124	Cristóbal Balenciaga: The Making of a Master (1895-1936) by Miren Arzalluz 4.10 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
125	My Paris Dream: An Education in Style, Slang, and Seduction in the Great City on the Seine by Kate Betts 3.55 avg rating — 1,937 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
125	Gruau by René Gruau (Artist) 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
127	Lillian Bassman: Lingerie by Lillian Bassman (Photographer) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
128	From the Ballets Russes to Vogue: The Art of Georges Lepape by Claude Lepape 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
129	Love, Cecil: A Journey with Cecil Beaton by Lisa Immordino Vreeland 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
130	The Unfinished Palazzo: Life, Love and Art in Venice by Judith Mackrell 4.03 avg rating — 1,152 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
130	American Empress: The Life and Times of Marjorie Merriweather Post by Nancy Rubin Stuart (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 978 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
132	Helena Rubenstein: The Woman Who Invented Beauty by Michèle Fitoussi really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 367 ratings score: 56, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
132	Chanel's Riviera: Glamour, Decadence, and Survival in Peace and War, 1930-1944 by Anne de Courcy 3.67 avg rating — 1,568 ratings score: 56, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
134	The Cartiers: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire by Francesca Cartier Brickell (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 2,456 ratings score: 55, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
135	The Grit in the Pearl: The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll by Lyndsy Spence (Goodreads Author) 3.55 avg rating — 1,117 ratings score: 54, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
136	Ira: The Life and Times of a Princess by Nicholas Foulkes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 53, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
137	American Goddess: Jean Patchett by Robert & Lois Lilly really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 52, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
138	Once Upon a Diamond: A Family Tradition of Royal Jewels by Prince Dimitri 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 51, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
139	My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy by Clint Hill 4.30 avg rating — 3,225 ratings score: 48, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
140	Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture by Justine Picardie 3.74 avg rating — 1,673 ratings score: 47, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
141	Glossy: The inside story of Vogue by Nina-Sophia Miralles 3.86 avg rating — 301 ratings score: 46, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
142	Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies by Laura Thompson 3.21 avg rating — 2,123 ratings score: 45, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars