Nan Empresses of Seventh Avenue: World War II, New York City, and the Birth of American Mòd, fashion journalist and historian NANCY MACDONELL chronicles how the Nazi invasion of France in 1940 cut the capital of fashion from the rest of the world and opened the doors to the rise of the nearly $500 billion American fashion industry. JULIE SATOW’pa Lè Fanm te Dirije Fifth Avenue: Glamou ak Pouvwa nan Debi Mòd Ameriken an examines the 20th-century American department store, palaces of consumption. But while men owned the buildings, inside, women ruled – none more than Hortense Odlum of Bonwit Teller, Dorothy Shaver of Lord & Taylor, and Geraldine Stutz of Henri Bendel. Moderated by author and journalist RACHEL FELDER.

PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MIAMI FASHION INSTITUTE AT MDC.

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Achte Empresses of Seventh Avenue: World War II, New York City, and the Birth of American Mòd – Macdonell

Achte Lè Fanm te Dirije Fifth Avenue: Glamou ak Pouvwa nan Debi Mòd Ameriken an – Satow

Achte Wouj a lèv: Yon od pou yon ikòn bote – Felder