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Glamour: A History ReviewI was fooled by the attractive cover of this book to believe that it would focus on glamour and its influential presence in society but instead its author details the fad of celebrity and self-promotion. Whereas the celebrity wishes to be observed, glamour is what causes us to observe -- a radically different thing.Strongly rooted in a British perspective, Grundle touches on personalities in his book such as Napoleon, Hugh Hefner, Warhol, Versace, Joan Collins (yes!), and Lady Di, in a scampering manner that seems more eager to cover the eras involved than to offer any real insight. The book is filled with comments that range from the boringly obvious ("the display of fashion became a key element of many movies") to the questionable (that Joan Collins's character on "Dynasty" taught Lady Diana "how to be strong and radiant in the face of personal adversity"). The book also has statements that needed verifying: for example, the myth of John Gilbert's voice being the demise of his career (Grundle's compatriot Kevin Brownlow long ago disproved this "fact") or the statement that Carole Lombard had a "curvaceous figure" (she was well-know for being flat-chested). Minor irritants to be sure.
Glamour is less about the "who" of celebrity and more about the artistic creation of impact and its ensuing influence. It is much more the sparkle than the star. Grundle misses this fine yet definitive point, and as a result, his book spins in many directions, not knowing when to pause long enough to shed any insight nor on whom. A much more enlightening book on glamour that I wholeheartedly recommend is the book "The Power of Style" by Annette Tapert and Diana Edkins. In it, they detail how key glamorous women influenced fashion, film, and interior design in the last century.Glamour: A History OverviewHere is the first ever history of glamour, ranging from Paris in the tumultuous final decades of the eighteenth century through to Hollywood, New York, and Monte Carlo in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from the glamorous fictional characters of Walter Scott to iconic figures such as Marlene Dietrich and Marilyn Monroe to modern idols such as Paris Hilton. The book maps the origins of glamour and investigates the forms that it took in modern times, discussing the role of writers, journalists, artists, photographers, film-makers and fashion designers, occupations like the model and the air stewardess, cities and resorts such as Paris, New York, and Monte Carlo, and products including luxury cars and jets--all of which are bathed in the public mind with the magical aura of glamour. And he shows how glamour feeds on the middle class yearning for a thrilling and colorful life, a yearning reinforced by the cinema and the press, which serve as a stage for acting out scenes of a desirable life.
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