Actieprijs Vogue Women – Georgina Howell

In ten inspiring essays on themes such as Royalty, Muses, Models, Stars and Society Girls, the significant influences of many remarkable women are charted, and pertinent questions regarding beauty and the female form are considered. With expert analysis the author explores the contrasting representations of women from the exotic black dancer Josephine Baker in the 1920s to the quintessential English rose epitomised by Diana Cooper in wartime Britain, and from curvaceous Marilyn Monroe in Hollywood to contem…