American Style

by Kelly Killoren Bensimon

More than 200 American style icons are illustrated and defined in this book dedicated to the ever-changing persona of fashion in the United States. In an insightful introduction, Harold Koda, curator of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, shares his insights on American style throughout American history. Subjects include Courtney Love, Cindy Sherman, Las Vegas, Farrah Fawcett, the Black Panthers, Donna Karan, Bergdorf Goodman, Lilly Pulitzer, Stetson, the Rat Pack, Levi's, Barbie, Diane von Furstenberg, Vanity Fair, Tiffany's, Carolina Herrera, Charivari, Madonna, Diana Vreeland, the Playboy Bunny, Russell Simmons, and many more.

200 pages, Hardcover

First published November 15, 2004

About the author

Kelly Killoren Bensimon is a model, jewelry designer, former editor of Elle Accessories, and the author of In the Spirit of the Hamptons I & II, American Style, The Bikini Book, and I Can Make You Hot. An avid equestrian, Killeen Bensimon lives in New York City with her two teenage daughters.

A Dangerous Age is her first novel.