Véronique Hyland is ELLE’s fashion features director. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, The New Yorker, W, New York magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, and Condé Nast Traveler.
Hyland's new book is Dress Code: Unlocking Fashion from the New Look to Millennial Pink.
At Lit Hub the author tagged eight favorite literary "It" Girls: they don't all have "the tragic cast of their real-life counterparts, but they all share one crucial trait: fabulous outfits, breathlessly described." One entry on the list:
Countess Ellen Olenska from The Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonRead about the other entries on the list.
“What can you expect of a girl who was allowed to wear black satin at her coming-out ball?” one character says of Ellen Olenska, the countess who consumes Newland Archer’s affections. That sartorial description tees the reader up to know exactlywho Ellen is: someone who foils the stuffiness of 19th-century high society at every turn with her unconventional behavior, not to mention her fantastic, if far from cruelty-free, accessories—like an eagle-feather fan and assorted fur muffs.
The Age of Innocence also appears on Therese Anne Fowler's six favorite books list, the Barnes & Noble Review's list of five top books on Gilded Age New York, Frances Kiernan's five best list of books that helped her understand the ways of New York society and David Kamp's list of six books that are notable for their food prose, and is among Elaine Sciolino's six favorite books, Mika Brzezinski's 6 best books and Honor Blackman's 6 best books.
--Marshal Zeringue
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