FASHION

Vogue’s

Howeil studies public perception

Vogue Women, by
Georgina Howell, Thunder's
Mouth Press, 176 pages,
$49.95 US

Terry Peters

Contributing Writer
FOR more than 80
years, Vogue magazine
has been at the fore-
front of how the public

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views the world of

fashion.
styles and uends
change, Vague shifts its tocus,
always keeping an eye on
what is coming next and who
is at the centre of attention.
Georgina Howell has
worked tor both British and
American Vogue, and has
been a fashion writer for
more than 30 vears.. In this,
her third book, she presents
the women who have over
the years represented the
changing face of fashion.
Howell offers 10° essays

and an extensive selection of

photographs, which provide
different viewpoints on these
women who have captured
the = public’s. attention
throughout the 20th centu-
ry.
, By making . these cate~
gories, such as Royalty, Teons
and Waifs, she has created an
opportunity ro study. both
the subjects and the: effect
they hive had on the public’s
perceptions.
essays, there is room for
comparison of classic beau-
ties such as Audrey Hepburn
and Maria Callas and con-
temporary stars. like Kate
Moss and Gwyneth Paltrow.
In looking at the women

‘who helped” make: fashion

sparkle, Howell takes the
time to also discuss’ the
designers. who brought the

Within. these’

spotlig|

first to see fashion on a glob-
al term and said
does not exist unless it goes
down into the streets.”

Georgina © Howell has

to them, like Coco
Chanel, who was one of the

“Fashion °

Vague...

travelled = from © castles =to *
alleyways, and. presented: us
with princesses and waifs, all
the while maintaining. the

“connection to one of. the

fashion industry's © giants,