THE POWER OF GLAMOUR: LONGING AND THE ART OF VISUAL PERSUASION, published by Simon & Schuster

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““Grace is what makes glamour so dangerous and so alluring.” http://t.co/36SssUu0uP”

"The very grace that makes a glamorous image so compelling to the imagination makes the ideal impossible to reproduce in reality."--Virginia Postrel, The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion buff.ly/1p0xPQ2

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"By depicting the practiced or choreographed as natural and spontaneous, glamour makes the ideal feel attainable and the observer feel transported and at ease."--Virginia Postrel, quotation and photo of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers from THE POWER OF GLAMOUR: LONGING AND THE ART OF VISUAL PERSUASION #glamour #grace #dance #hollywood
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Virginia Postrel (@vpostrel)

The latest Tweets from Virginia Postrel (@vpostrel). L.A. writer, @BOpinion. THE POWER OF GLAMOUR, THE SUBSTANCE OF STYLE, THE FUTURE & ITS ENEMIES. Coming 11/10: THE FABRIC OF CIVILIZATION #textiles @BasicBooks. Westwood, Los Angeles

“The action heroine’s power and daring channel ambitions — an an idea of sexiness — that are hard to imagine in a prefeminist era. She is independent and supremely capable, not a woman who needs or wants protecting.” — Virginia Postrel, The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion
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Virginia Postrel (@vpostrel)

The latest Tweets from Virginia Postrel (@vpostrel). L.A. writer, @BOpinion. THE POWER OF GLAMOUR, THE SUBSTANCE OF STYLE, THE FUTURE & ITS ENEMIES. Coming 11/10: THE FABRIC OF CIVILIZATION #textiles @BasicBooks. Westwood, Los Angeles

“We yearn to possess grace and to inhabit a graceful world—to escape friction, struggle, frustration, and decay. Always a component of glamour, grace can also be an object of it.”--Quotation and photo by Michael Furman from THE POWER OF GLAMOUR by Virginia Postrel #artdeco #streamlining #1930s #modernistic

Virginia Postrel (@vpostrel)

The latest Tweets from Virginia Postrel (@vpostrel). L.A. writer, @BOpinion. THE POWER OF GLAMOUR, THE SUBSTANCE OF STYLE, THE FUTURE & ITS ENEMIES. Coming 11/10: THE FABRIC OF CIVILIZATION #textiles @BasicBooks. Westwood, Los Angeles

"Even in our wised-up age, we do not want a world bereft of glamour's magic." Quotation and "Carmen's Armpit" by Norman Parkinson from THE POWER OF GLAMOUR: LONGING AND THE ART OF VISUAL PERSUASION by Virginia Postrel

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“THE POWER OF GLAMOUR ("Carmen's Armpit" by Norman Parkinson) http://t.co/D8FYFgJpAC”

"Star Trek's allure may be lost on fashionistas, but for the right audience, the show's distant and idealized universe offers its own glamour, arising from the graceful, mysterious setting: a future where today's conflicts and frustrations have disappeared." Quote and image by The Light Works/Tobias Richter from THE POWER OF GLAMOUR by Virginia Postrel #star_trek #space #glamour #escape

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"By binding image and desire, glamour gives us pleasure, even as it heightens our yearning. It leads us to feel that the life we dream of exists, and to desire it even more." Quotation and image from THE POWER OF GLAMOUR by Virginia Postrel #future #sci-fi #futuristic #flying_cars #escape #resort
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“Like the streamlined forms of industrial design and the speed lines of graphic art, the trains, planes, cars, ocean liners, and dirigibles that figured so prominently in the glamour of the interwar period pulled the audience effortlessly forward—toward the future. They represented a hope, a promise, even an expectation that this mysterious destination would be something wonderful.” Quote and Lincoln-Zephyr ad from THE POWER OF GLAMOUR by Virginia Postrel #glamour #streamlining #modern…
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Sampling The Power Of Glamour: More From The Pinterest Board - Deep Glamour

As introduced in this earlier post, I've set up a Pinterest board for my forthcoming book The Power of Glamour, combining photos and quotes fro

“Like the streamlined forms of industrial design and the speed lines of graphic art, the trains, planes, cars, ocean liners, and dirigibles that figured so prominently in the glamour of the interwar period pulled the audience effortlessly forward—toward the future. They represented a hope, a promise, even an expectation that this mysterious destination would be something wonderful.” Quotation and photo by J. Christopher Launi from THE POWER OF GLAMOUR by Virginia Postrel #artdeco #speed…

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"Just as a composite 'dream city' arose from films set in New York, so a glamorous idea of 'modernity,' and its companion and alter ego 'the future,' emerged from the striking artifacts and imagery that gave common themes believability and coherence." Quotation and photo by Michael Furman from THE POWER OF GLAMOUR by Virginia Postrel #artdeco #streamlining #1930s #modernistic

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"The gold rush aside, the California dream has never really been about money. The state's glamour radiates from the promise that here is where you can reinvent your life and find the better, happier, truer you." Photo and quotation from THE POWER OF GLAMOUR by Virginia Postrel #California #PCH #convertible #Pacific #freeway
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As introduced in this earlier post, I've set up a Pinterest board for my forthcoming book The Power of Glamour, combining photos and quotes fro

"By binding image and desire, glamour gives us pleasure, even as it heightens our yearning. It leads us to feel that the life we dream of exists, and to desire it even more." Quotation and photo from THE POWER OF GLAMOUR by Virginia Postrel
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"From the days of biplanes and silk scarves, the aviator has been an archetype of masculine glamour, combining youth, daring, grace, bravery, technical mastery, sexual allure, and forward-looking modernity." Quotation and photo of Tuskegee Airmen by Toni Frissell from THE POWER OF GLAMOUR by Virginia Postrel

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"In the image of a rising jet or a speeding convertible, a runway model or a martial-arts hero, a beachside vista or a big-city skyline, we experience the same dream: that we might soar beyond present constraints, cast off our worries, become better, freer, more accomplished, admired, respected, and desired versions of ourselves." Quotation and photo from THE POWER OF GLAMOUR by Virginia Postrel #escape #glamour #jet #moon #aviation #travel

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As introduced in this earlier post, I've set up a Pinterest board for my forthcoming book The Power of Glamour, combining photos and quotes fro

"In its blend of accessibility and distance, glamour is neither transparent nor opaque. It is translucent. It invites just enough familiarity to engage the imagination, allowing scope for the viewer’s own fantasies." Quotation and photo from THE POWER OF GLAMOUR by Virginia Postrel #glamour #grace #autonomy #kayak #sunset #mystery #silhouette
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"In its blend of accessibility and distance, glamour is neither transparent nor opaque. It is translucent. It invites just enough familiarity to engage the imagination, allowing scope for the viewer’s own fantasies." Quotation and photo from THE POWER OF GLAMOUR by Virginia Postrel #glamour #grace #autonomy #kayak #sunset #mystery #silhouette

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