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When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion

Maybe someday

38

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

59/100

Critics

17/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Julie Satow

Publisher:

Doubleday

Date:

June 4, 2024

A portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visionary women who led them.

What The Reviewers Say

Alexandra Jacobs,
The New York Times Book Review
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..
Rachel Tashjian,
The Washington Post
Charming.
Katrina Gulliver,
The Wall Street Journal
Ms. Satow’s carefully researched book is compulsively readable.
Maureen Corrigan,
NPR
A treat for anyone like me who yearns to time travel back to some of those palaces of consumption at the height of their grandeur.