Guest Post from Lynn Steward: Five Women that had strong impact on fashion industry
Strong women of fashion industry, past and present. Pick five women that made very significant contributions to fashion world. Thanks
Coco Chanel
Diana Vreeland
Diane von Furstenberg
Grace Mirabella
Anna Wintour
Coco Chanel
Diana Vreeland
Diane von Furstenberg
Grace Mirabella
Anna Wintour
ABOUT
THE BOOK
As
a fashion buyer at one of New York’s most glamorous department
stores, Dana McGarry is a tastemaker, her keen instinct for fashion
trends and innovative ideas coupled with a razor sharp business
sense. But like the elegant and conservative store that employs her,
Dana is caught between two eras—between being liked and standing
her ground, between playing by the rules and being a maverick. Dana
is sensitive and beautiful, but what you see is not what you get.
Behind
the cool and attractive facade, Dana
is both driven by her need to control yet impeded by her expectation
of perfectionism. As
she competes to replace women at the top of their game, she is
challenged by jealous colleagues. And when a wealthy love interest
wants to
open doors and support her ambition, she embraces Coco Chanel’s
mantra of “never wanting to weigh more heavily on a man than a
bird.” As the women’s movement paves the way, Dana finds a path
to the career she wants at the expense of happiness that was not
meant to be.
Steward
captures the nuances of 70s life in New York City and provides the
perfect backdrop for an independent woman determined to make her
mark. What
Might Have Been is
a story that transcends any period.
Title:
What
Might Have Been
Genre:
Literary fiction/women’s fiction
Author:
Lynn Steward
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
Lynn Steward, a
veteran of the New York fashion industry and a buyer on the team that
started the women’s department at Brooks Brothers, created the Dana
McGarry series, set at a transformational time in the 1970s world of
fashion and in the lives of multigenerational women. What
Might Have Been is
the second volume in the series. A
Very Good Life, Steward’s
debut novel, was published in March 2014.
LynnSteward.com
Twitter.com:
@LynnStewardNY
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