Style and Decadence
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Poor Little Rich Girl: The Life and Legend of Barbara Hutton
by:
C. David Heymann
3.90 avg rating — 192 ratings 2. 
The Beautiful Fall: Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris
by:
Alicia Drake
4.05 avg rating — 1,696 ratings 
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The Unexpurgated Beaton: The Cecil Beaton Diaries As He Wrote Them, 1970-1980
by:
Hugo Vickers
3.80 avg rating — 101 ratings 5. 
War Paint: Madame Helena Rubinstein and Miss Elizabeth Arden, Their Lives, Their Times, Their Rivalry
by:
Lindy Woodhead
3.67 avg rating — 527 ratings 
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The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women and the Artists They Inspired
by:
Francine Prose
3.71 avg rating — 900 ratings 
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When Paris Sizzled: The 1920s Paris of Hemingway, Chanel, Cocteau, Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, and Their Friends
by:
Mary McAuliffe
3.68 avg rating — 712 ratings 14. 
Café Society: Socialites, Patrons, and Artists 1920-1960
by:
Thierry Coudert
4.24 avg rating — 38 ratings 
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Queen Bees: Six Brilliant and Extraordinary Society Hostesses Between the Wars
by:
Siân Evans
3.62 avg rating — 506 ratings 
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Searching for Beauty: The Life of Millicent Rogers, the American Heiress Who Taught the World About Style
by:
Cherie Burns
3.72 avg rating — 324 ratings 
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A Season of Splendor: The Court of Mrs. Astor in Gilded Age New York
by:
Greg King
3.89 avg rating — 550 ratings 
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The Way We Lived Then : Recollections of a Well-Known Name Dropper
by:
Dominick Dunne
3.93 avg rating — 540 ratings 
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Court Lady and Country Wife: Two Noble Sisters in Seventeenth-Century England 3.69 avg rating — 210 ratings
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Maiden Voyages: Magnificent Ocean Liners and the Women Who Traveled and Worked Aboard Them
by:
Siân Evans
3.74 avg rating — 1,068 ratings 
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Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
by:
Fiona Carnarvon
3.64 avg rating — 20,493 ratings 
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Kick: The True Story of JFK's Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth
by:
Paula Byrne
4.03 avg rating — 1,758 ratings 
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The Riviera Set: Glitz, Glamour, and the Hidden World of High Society
by:
Mary S. Lovell
3.91 avg rating — 1,682 ratings 
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A Lady, First: My Life in the Kennedy White House and the American Embassies of Paris and Rome
by:
Letitia Baldrige
3.97 avg rating — 244 ratings 44. 
George Hurrell's Hollywood: Glamour Portraits 1925-1992
by:
Mark A. Vieira
4.55 avg rating — 110 ratings 
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I'll Drink to That: A Life in Style, with a Twist
by:
Betty Halbreich
3.63 avg rating — 4,137 ratings 
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The Barbizon: The New York Hotel That Set Women Free
by:
Paulina Bren
3.67 avg rating — 6,574 ratings 55. 
Emily Post: Daughter of the Gilded Age, Mistress of American Manners
by:
Laura Claridge
3.54 avg rating — 587 ratings 56. 
A Dash of Daring: Carmel Snow and Her Life In Fashion, Art, and Letters 4.04 avg rating — 67 ratings
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Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
by:
Anderson Cooper
3.81 avg rating — 60,004 ratings 58. 
The Fortune Hunters: Dazzling Women and the Men They Married
by:
Charlotte Hays
3.47 avg rating — 143 ratings 
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Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era
by:
Laurence Leamer
3.81 avg rating — 11,875 ratings 63. 
Like Fine Wine: A Head-to-Toe Youth Restoring Makeover for Ladies Over Forty
by:
Julia Black
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 43 ratings 
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Corsets and Codpieces: A History of Outrageous Fashion, from Roman Times to the Modern Era
by:
Karen Bowman
3.63 avg rating — 1,073 ratings 
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The Atlas of Beauty: Women of the World in 500 Portraits
by:
Mihaela Noroc
4.64 avg rating — 2,001 ratings 
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The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World's Most Famous Dynasty 3.81 avg rating — 1,342 ratings
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Vogue Weddings: Brides, Dresses, Designers (Vogue Lifestyle Series)
by:
Hamish Bowles
4.03 avg rating — 67 ratings 83. 
Formula For Fortune: How Asa Candler Discovered Coca-Cola And Turned It Into The Wealth His Children Enjoyed
by:
Ann Uhry Abrams
3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings 85. 
Vintage Weddings: One Hundred Years of Bridal Fashion and Style (Vintage Fashion Series)
by:
Marnie Fogg
4.04 avg rating — 80 ratings 85. 
The Age of Acquiescence: The Life and Death of American Resistance to Organized Wealth and Power
by:
Steve Fraser
3.82 avg rating — 444 ratings 87. 
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Beautiful People of the Café Society: Scrapbooks by the Baron de Cabrol
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Baron de Cabrol
3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings 87. 
Murdoch's Politics: How One Man's Thirst for Wealth and Power Shapes our World
by:
David McKnight
3.45 avg rating — 22 ratings 
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Hollywood Beach Beauties: Sea Sirens, Sun Goddesses, and Summer Style 1930-1970
by:
David Wills
3.59 avg rating — 27 ratings 92. 
The Wedding Dress: The 50 Designs that Changed the Course of Bridal Fashion
by:
Eleanor Thompson
4.18 avg rating — 22 ratings 
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The Bolter: Edwardian Heartbreak and High Society Scandal in Kenya
by:
Frances Osborne
3.73 avg rating — 4,477 ratings 95. 
Jet Set: The People, the Planes, the Glamour, and the Romance in Aviation's Glory Years
by:
William Stadiem
3.16 avg rating — 259 ratings 
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Bad Bet : The Inside Story of the Glamour, Glitz, and Danger of America's Gambling Industry 3.08 avg rating — 12 ratings
