{"product_id":"9781471181603-dressed-for-war","title":"Dressed For War","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Story of Audrey Withers, Vogue editor extraordinaire from the Blitz to the Swinging Sixties\u003cbr\u003eThe untold story of how the world’s most renowned fashion magazine was brought into the modern world during the cauldron of the Second World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Magnificent . \u003ci\u003eDressed for War\u003c\/i\u003e works on many levels: as an evocation of an uncommon time; as a celebration of an uncommon woman; as pure, unalloyed fun' Lucy Davies,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e Daily Telegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDressed For War \u003c\/i\u003eis the untold story of our most iconic fashion magazine in its most formative years, in the Second World War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It was an era when wartime exigencies gave its editor, \u003cb\u003eAudrey Withers\u003c\/b\u003e, the chance to forge an identity for it that went far beyond stylish clothes. In doing so, she set herself against the style and preoccupations of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e’s\u003c\/b\u003e mothership in \u003cb\u003eNew York\u003c\/b\u003e, and her often sticky relationship with its formidable editor, \u003cb\u003eEdna Woolman Chase\u003c\/b\u003e, became a strong dynamic in the \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e story.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e But \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e had a good war, with great writers and top-flight photographers including \u003cb\u003eLee Miller \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e Cecil Beaton\u003c\/b\u003e – who loathed each other – sending images and reports from Europe and much further afield – detailing the plight of the countries and people living amid war-torn Europe. Audrey Withers’ deft handling of her star contributors and the importance she placed on reflecting people’s lives at home give this slice of literary history a real edge. With official and personal correspondence researched from the magazine’s archives in London and in New York, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDressed For War\u003c\/i\u003e tells the marvellous story of the titanic struggle between the personalities that shaped the magazine for the latter half of the twentieth century and beyond\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39353752158305,"sku":"9781471181603","price":8.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31793568.jpg?v=1734596319","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781471181603-dressed-for-war","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}