Distinguished or notorious, beautiful or striking, and sometimes all four, the women selected to appear in 'Vogue' over almost a century have a double significance. Among the icons of each decade are Audrey Hepburn, Coco Chanel, Vanessa Redgrave, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and Diana, Princess of Wales.
Captured by the world's greatest photographers, including Richard Avedon and David Bailey, the ongoing gallery of their spectacular images reveals to us our own inspirations and the changing role of women. The Svengali-like influence of the media over raw human materials is followed as each technological advance conjures up the most seductive and appropriate form of beauty over time.
'Vogue Women' scrutinses the beauty and indeed eccentricity that survives radical changes in taste and fashion. Divided into sections which include Living Inspirations, Models, Stars, Stars, Waifs and Icons, Georgina Howell's pithy text reveals feminine allure in all its nuances and character, with all its inconsistencies. All have earned themselves a rightful place in the 'Vogue' gallery of twentieth-century women.
