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爱德华·博克:爱德华·博克自传·补录 547

爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导

The strangling hold which the Paris couturiers had secured on the American woman in their absolute dictation as to her fashions in dress, had interested Edward Bok for some time. As he studied the question, he was constantly amazed at the audacity with which these French dressmakers and milliners, often themselves of little taste and scant morals, cracked the whip, and the docility with which the American woman blindly and unintelligently danced to their measure. The deeper he went into the matter, too, the more deceit and misrepresentation did he find in the situation. It was inconceivable that the American woman should submit to what was being imposed upon her if she knew the facts. He determined that she should. The process of Americanization going on within him decided him to expose the Paris conditions and advocate and present American-designed fashions for women.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3538
定位:Additional excerpt 547 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

美国女性在穿着上完全听命于巴黎时装设计师,这种被牢牢控制的状态让博克关注了很久。他越研究越惊讶:那些法国裁缝和帽商本身往往品味不高、道德感薄弱,却敢挥鞭发号施令;而美国女性竟盲目又无知地跟着他们的节奏跳舞。深入调查后,他发现其中充满欺骗和虚假宣传。他想,如果美国女性知道真相,绝不可能接受这种摆布。于是他决心揭露巴黎的内幕,并提倡和展示美国设计的时装。

上下文

爱德华·博克是《妇女家庭杂志》主编,20世纪初美国消费文化兴起,巴黎被视为时尚权威。

今日一问

你生活中有哪些“权威”其实经不起追问,你却一直盲从?

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