CONTENTS
IN VANITY FAIR
| CHAPTER I | |
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| Frocks and Femininity | [15] |
The Frenchwoman's creed; the science of being gay; feminine types in French society; the demi-monde of Paris; Parisian salons.
| CHAPTER II | |
| The Tyrants of the Rue de la Paix | [28] |
Paris and the art of dress; Worth and the old masters; Paquin and the new school; the clientèles of the great men.
| CHAPTER III | |
| The Famous Ateliers | [47] |
How the work is done; the saleswomen; the mannequins; the ouvrières; the system; the launching of the modes.
| CHAPTER IV | |
| Fifi and the Duchess on the Turf | [64] |
Racing near Paris; round the braziers of Auteuil; the day of the Grand Prix.
| CHAPTER V | |
| Le Sport in Paris | [78] |
Motor mania; Parisian golf and French golfers; fashion and tennis at Puteaux; the motor-boat fad.
| CHAPTER VI | |
| The Fine Art of Dining | [97] |
Al fresco dining in the Bois; with le Roi galant at the Henri Quatre; where the Pompadour held sway; the restaurants of the town; Frederic, "King of the Ducks."
| CHAPTER VII | |
| In Normandy with Madame | [118] |
Gay Trouville and chic Deauville; at the tables of the Hôtel de Paris; in the Casino; some inns and the motor.
| CHAPTER VIII | |
| The Merry-go-Round | [140] |
Winter in Paris; five o'clock tea and chiffons; the theatres of Paris; the Palais de Glace and its crowd; spring fêtes and follies.
| CHAPTER IX | |
| The Hunting Season | [163] |
The Frenchman and la chasse; at the châteaux; venery new and old; with the hounds of the Duchesse d'Uzes.
| CHAPTER X | |
| Under Southern Skies | [182] |
Cannes and the world; Nice and the flesh; Monte Carlo and the devil.
| CHAPTER XI | |
| Les Americaines | [210] |
The French frock and the American woman; American buyers; feminine extravagance in America; some famous orders; the ready-made costume and its effect upon dress.