Women of 'Little Paris'

Romania has not gained much attention from Western academia despite growing interest in Eastern European fashion. This book closes the gap by showcasing middle-class ladies occupying Bucharest’s ‘Little Paris’ areas. The city took great pride in being the most northern and asserted its modernity. These women could afford and were accustomed to supporting modernisation. This book focuses on middle-class women as they are observed on the streets, at opulent events, at cafés and clubs, shopping, or at work. It does this by combining historical research with personal archaeology to provide an understanding of Romania’s reinvention as a modern state. It examines textual and visual texts primarily unutilised from books, magazines, paintings, photos, and other personal, promotional, or instructional materials. This novel study of interwar Romanian materials complements my family’s collection items. English-speaking readers interested in Romanian history and culture are the target audience for this study. This book increases the perspectives on Western writing, primarily focusing on Romania’s specialised interwar political, ideological, and historical aspects. There are new research opport