{"product_id":"dash-of-daring","title":"Dash of Daring","description":"\u003cb\u003eCarmel Snow, who changed the course of our culture by launching the careers of some of today's greatest figures in fashion and the arts, was one of the most extraordinary women of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e As editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e from 1934 to 1958 she championed the concept of \"a well-dressed magazine for the well-dressed mind,\" bringing cutting-edge art, fiction, photography, and reportage into the American home. \u003cbr\u003e Now comes \u003ci\u003eA Dash of Daring,\u003c\/i\u003e a first and definitive biography of this larger-than-life figure in publishing, art, and letters. Veteran magazine journalist Penelope Rowlands describes the remarkable places Snow frequented and the people whose lives she transformed, among them Richard Avedon, Diana Vreeland, Geoffrey Beene, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Cristobal Balenciaga, Lauren Bacall, and Truman Capote. \u003cbr\u003e She chronicles Snow's life on both sides of the Atlantic, beginning in nineteenth-century Ireland and continuing to Paris, Milan, and New York City, the fashion capitals of the world. \u003cbr\u003e Snow was the daughter of an Irish immigrant, who was herself a forward-thinking businesswoman, and she worked in her mother's custom dressmaking shop before being discovered by the magazine publisher Conde Nast and training under Edna Woolman Chase, the famous longtime editor of \u003ci\u003eVogue.\u003c\/i\u003e From there it was on to \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e which, with the help of such key employees as Avedon, Vreeland, and art director Alexei Brodovitch, Snow turned into the most admired magazine of the century. Among the disparate talents who worked at \u003ci\u003eBazaar\u003c\/i\u003e in the Snow era were Andy Warhol, the heiress Doris Duke, Maeve Brennan, and members of the storied Algonquin Round Table. \u003cbr\u003e Overflowing with previously untold stories of the colorful and glamorous, \u003ci\u003eA Dash of Daring\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling portrait of the fashion world during a golden era.","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57297353441624,"sku":"9780743480468","price":28.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780743480468.jpg?v=1778834781","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/dash-of-daring","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}