Jenny De Gex Livres

This book is a must-have gift for anyone interested in skiing or in the art of the poster. Organized by country, it features the world's foremost winter sport by drawing on an unparalleled collection of 800 vintage posters and paintings. Amassed by Mason Beekley over a lifetime dedicated to the celebration of all things skiing, the collection is now housed at the Mammoth Ski Museum in California and open to the public. In the 1910s and 1920s, skiing became the "in" thing among the young and the fashionable, who made such glamorous resorts like St. Moritz, Chamonix, and Garmisch famous. Like car racing, skiing was one of the sports that defined the twentieth-century's notion of the modern. It combined fast-paced action with the need to appear in stylish, sporty yet appropriate attire. Since it took place away from everyday urban life in remote and breathtaking mountain locations, it also combined the romance of travel with the stylishness of après-ski social life and ski chalet rusticity. Even in the steamship era, skiing quickly jumped the Atlantic and spawned such now famous ski resorts such as Vermont's Stowe, Colorado's Aspen, and Canada's Banff and Whistler (all featured here in their pre-war glamour). The book is rounded out by chapters on the contemporary skiing scene and on skiing fashion.

During World War II, two figures symbolized the spirit of Britain. Winston Churchill was one and Vera Lynn was the second. The optimism, hope, realism and cheerful good humour of the British people was personified by the irrepressible energy of Vera Lynn who sang to the troops abroad and reached the hearts of the people on the home front. Mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers, sons, daughters were all moved by the courage and unshakable optimism that she displayed during those terrible years. This does not pretend to be any form of military history, although the events of the war are not by any means ignored. Thus, Vera Lynn looks at the way our parents and grandparents lived during those extraordinary years. Rationing, air raids, adjusting to loved ones being on leave, travelling about in our towns and cities, going to work - trying to lead a normal existence; family life, the royal family; the Season, education, evacuation, sport, culture, commerce and social intercourse are all addressed. How did the British deal with all these aspects of life during the years between 1939 and 1945? To mark the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, this book will remind readers of the fashions of the time, the films of the year, the songs that people were singing and whistling, headlines that people absorbed every day as they travelled to work on the tube - of how life was conducted on the home front.

Der Band lädt zu einer nostalgischen Reise in die glamouröse Frühzeit des Skisports ein, präsentiert durch Bilder von Mode, Fahrstilen, beliebten Skigebieten und charismatischen Pionieren. Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts legten einige Visionäre die Grundlage für den Aufstieg der Wintersportorte und die Begeisterung für das Skifahren – ein Abenteuer, das Mode und Exklusivität vereint. Obwohl Skifahren heute als Breitensport gilt und zu den lukrativsten Bereichen der Reiseindustrie gehört, hat der Sport einen Teil seines ursprünglichen Glamours bewahrt. Ähnlich wie beim Autorennen oder Fliegen zog Skifahren mit Nervenkitzel, Geschwindigkeit und dem gesellschaftlichen Druck, stilvoll zu erscheinen, an. In atemberaubenden, zunehmend erschlossenen Berglandschaften bot der Sport auch die Romantik des Reisens und den Zauber des Après-Ski. Der Band ist nach Ländern und Skigebieten strukturiert und zeigt Bilder aus der größten privaten Sammlung der Skikunst, der Beekley Collection. Diese illustrieren die wechselnden Trends in Mode und Fahrstilen, präsentieren die mondänsten Skigebiete und erkunden deren Geschichte sowie die charismatischsten Pioniere der Schifahrkunst in Europa und Nordamerika – eine faszinierende Rückschau auf die glamouröse Frühzeit des Wintersports.