Amazing cover! The book talks all about the beginnings of this huge part of the Fairchild empire. I think partly because it was written soooo long ago, there were a lot of fashion terms used in it I didn't recognize. These will be fun to use and impress with! Here are a few of my favorites.
anachronistic: something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs in an earlier time.
burnoose: 1. a hooded mantle of cloak, as that worn by Arabs. 2. a similiar garment worn by women at various periods in Europe and the United States.
camp: (noun) 1. something that provides sophisticated, knowing amusement, as by virtue of its being artlessly mannered or stylized, self-consciously artificial and extravagant, or teasingly ingenous and sentimental. 2. a person who adopts a teasing, theatrical manner, especially for the amusement of others. (verb) 3. also, "camp it up." to speak or behave in a coquettishly playful or extravagantly theatrical manner.
conflation: the process of result of fusing items into one entity; fusion.
demode: (french) no longer in fashion, out of date.
rara avis: (latin) meaning a rare bird; a rare person or thing.
worsted: 1. firmly twisted yarn or thread spun from combed, stapled wool fibers of the same length, for weaving, knitting, etc. 2. wool cloth woven from such yarns, having a hard, smooth surface and no nap.
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