Empresses of Seventh Avenue

I will admit that I resisted reading Empresses of Seventh Avenue: World War II, New York City and the Birth of American Fashion by fashion journalist Nancy MacDonnell, despite the fact that several people I admire recommended it. I’m not sure why. Over the years I have happily gone down rabbit holes related to the…

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From the Archives: Endpapers

Over the past two days, I have spend several hours struggling with and ultimately abandoning two different blog posts. I suspect the problem is me rather than the topics. So I’m going to queue up a few posts from the past and hope I come back with my brain fluffed up and ready to write.…

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From the Archives: Beyond Belief

When I was working on my recent post on the display Americans and the Holocaust,I wanted to link to my review of Deborah E. Lipstadt’s Beyond Belief: The American Press & the Coming of the Holocaust 1933-1946. I couldn’t find one. I decided I must have failed to review the book, even though I regularly…

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