All the Rage Power, Pain, Pleasure: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty 1860-1960

Here are the "New Women" who discovered freedom by bobbing their hair; the boyish, athletic "Health and Beauty" ladies in black knickers; and starlets in bohemian beachwear. Among the first to experience true women's liberation were the early adopters of trousers.

Encompassing two world wars and a revolution in women's rights, All the Rage tells the story of western female beauty from 1860 to 1960, chronicling its codes, its contradictions, its lies, its highs - and its underlying power struggle.