"Elegance" A Great book that has finally been REPRINTED!!

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	• Elegance;: A complete guide for every women who wants to be well and properly dressed on all occasions Genevieve Antoine-Dariaux Doubleday, 1964 - 319 pages average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

This review is for the reissued 2003 version

An updated version of the book that inspired Tessaro's novel `Elegance' this slim little volume packs a fair punch -there is nothing in here you probably couldn't figure out as common sense, but it is good to see it codified and written down in a straight forward manner (and if you don't agree with it, you can always ignore it!) It is even alphabetised for those who need to know something urgently without reading the whole book first!

Madame Dariaux, once Directrice at Nina Ricci, is from the French school of `less is more' - you are better off buying less, but buying quality. While some of her tips may seem a little prescriptive - what colours to wear with others, what shoes to wear with what outfits - she does it all with wry good humour that you just can't help but admire. She covers everything - from what men like, what to wear when you are expecting, how to dress little girls, posture and attitude to the basics such as dresses, shoes, accessories and such - and while some of it comes off as a little dated, it is a book that many women would probably benefit from reading. A little snobbish, very polished, this elegant tome will be welcome advice to some, welcome reassurance to others.

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"Elegance" A Great book that has finally been REPRINTED!!

This book is written by the European doyenne of taste and elegance. Now available through Amazon UK for less than $20!

Ms. Dariaux has made the art of elegance and chicness simple by alphabetizing each aspect and making it so easy to use (part of that French chic and elegance, by the way)! Despite the book being somewhat outdated in its attitudes, classic style and elegance are never outdated!

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Reprint

This is a wonderful book, made popular by the recent publication of Kathleen Tessaro's novel of the same title. American readers may wish to know that this item is being reprinted and is avialable to pre-order from Amazon's UK site.

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Still elegant after all these years

I read this book in high school, and found it to be a page turner. Always interested in fashion as most girls were, this book taught me about elegance and chic. I read some passages over and over, and "Elegance" is an education in itself. It should be mandatory reading for every young woman. True, times change, and so have I. But when I think of the trashy examples set for young women today, i.e. Britney, Paris, etc., a little class is a breath of fresh air. I recently bought the updated and very abridged version of "Elegance" and find it an addictive read. Think Audrey Hepburn and Jacqueline Kennedy. You'll feel more elegant just holding this book in your hand.

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Timeless tale to teach Elegance!

Genevive Dariaux wrote this book in the early 60's. It is an alphabetical listing from A - Z describing how one can become an elegant individual. With her classic French style Ms. Dariaux describes many aspects of life and how to handle them in an elegant manner. Topics range from children to pocketbooks to zippers.
Despite having written this over 20 years ago, much of it remains true and useful today.
The book was a hidden gem till Kathleen Tessaro based her fiction novel Elegance on it. Then the price shot up from approximately $20 to the upper $200's with one daring booksite offering it for an astonishing $1,599! No takers I hope for the book is going to be reprinted in November of 2003. In her fiction book Tessaro quotes Dariaux's non-fiction book.
It should be noted that Tessaro with the permission of Ms. Dariaux did change some of what she quoted and updated it in the way she felt Dariaux would have written it, if she had written it today.
Elegance by Dariaux is a timeless read and its hard to find that type of information and instruction on how to be (become)elegant in the books of today.
Another excellent book on Elegance that is much harder to find is A GUIDE TO ELEGANCE by Jacqueline DuPasquier. Written in the 50's, A Guide to Elegance is also a gem if you are lucky enough to find it.

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