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“Like democracy itself, American Style is a celebration of the individual, the independent, and even on occasion the eccentrically idiosyncratic.” [Harold Koda] Courtney Love, Cindy Sherman, Las Vegas, Farrah Fawcett, Charles James, Black Panthers, Donna Karan, Hattie Carnegie, Bonnie Cashin, Bergdorf Goodman, Lilly Pulitzer, Stetson, the Rat Pack, Levi's, Barbie, Diane von Furstenberg, Vanity Fair, Antonio, Tiffany's, Edith Head, Carolina Herrera, Charivari, Madonna, Diane Vreeland, the Playboy Bunny, Russell Simmons... More than 200 American style icons are illustrated and defined in this book dedicated to the ever-changing persona of fashion in the United States. ILLUSTRATIONS 240 colour & b/w illustrations

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Kelly Bensimon is an author, model, jewelry designer, and former editor of Elle Accessories. She began her modeling career in New York City. She has appeared in magazines such as ELLE, Cosmopolitan, and Harper's Bazaar. She has authored several books with Assouline including In The Spirit of the Hamptons, American Style, and The Bikini Book. Kelly also wrote a column in Page Six Magazine called The Socializer: Kelly Killoren-Bensimon.

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