Virginia Postrel Quotes


Although people often equate them, glamour is not the same as beauty, stylishness, luxury, celebrity, or sex appeal. It is not limited to fashion or film; nor is it intrinsically feminine. It is not a collection of aesthetic markers - a style, as fashion and design use the word.


Citations

Postrel, Virginia. The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion. Simon & Schuster, 2013, p. 12.

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Virginia Postrel
Virginia Postrel
  • Born: January 14, 1960
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Author

Virginia Inman Postrel is an American political and cultural writer of broadly libertarian, or classical liberal, views. She is a recipient of the Bastiat Prize (2011).