The Fabulous Frances Farquharson
From society belle in turn-of-the-century Seattle, to editor of Harper's Bazaar and lady of a vast Scottish Highland estate that borders Balmoral Castle, The Fabulous Frances Farquharson is the…
Specifikacia The Fabulous Frances Farquharson
From society belle in turn-of-the-century Seattle, to editor of Harper's Bazaar and lady of a vast Scottish Highland estate that borders Balmoral Castle, The Fabulous Frances Farquharson is the colorful biography of a charming, one-of-a-kind, and sartorially flamboyant woman.She was born Frances Lovell Oldham, a Seattle society girl who left her hometown at the age of 17 to pursue a career in Europe, and who would charm Eastern European princesses and British royalty on her travels. In the twenties, having moved to London, she partied with the Bright Young Things before becoming Mrs James Rodney, the blue-blooded wife of a cousin of Winston Churchill, and fashion editor at British Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, when those magazines were expressively modernist in their design and output. At a time when women rarely found independent success,