{"id":4841,"date":"2009-11-05T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=4841"},"modified":"2009-10-22T14:49:35","modified_gmt":"2009-10-22T20:49:35","slug":"crimes-of-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/crimes-of-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Crimes of Fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|927215\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4843\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Designer-Knockoff.jpg?resize=198%2C274&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Designer Knockoff\" width=\"198\" height=\"274\" \/>Designer Knockoff<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Ellen Byerrum\u00a0is the latest\u00a0Lacey Smithsonian mystery.\u00a0As a fashion reporter for a second-rate Washington D.C. newspaper, she investigates the disappearances of two young women. Occurring\u00a0 decades apart, they\u00a0begin to seem related as Lacey delves into the contemporary fortunes and World War II era history of the Bentley fashion empire.<\/p>\n<p>Lacey&#8217;s Aunt Mimi left her a trunk of (now) vintage dresses, a &#8220;Bentley&#8221; suit, patterns, photos and letters from the 1940&#8217;s.\u00a0These\u00a0 provide clues to the mysterious fate of a talented designer who worked for the Bentley plant during the war.<\/p>\n<p>Lacey continues to develop as a character &#8211; and to wage \u00a0her\u00a0ongoing battle\u00a0 against the monochrome suits that are the norm in Washington. Her relationship with her co-workers and a bevy of eccentric friends are a plus, as is insight into the strict clothing regulations during the war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designer Knockoff by Ellen Byerrum\u00a0is the latest\u00a0Lacey Smithsonian mystery.\u00a0As a fashion reporter for a second-rate Washington D.C. newspaper, she investigates the disappearances of two young women. Occurring\u00a0 decades apart, they\u00a0begin to seem related as Lacey delves into the contemporary fortunes and World War II era history of the Bentley fashion<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/crimes-of-fashion\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,8],"tags":[890,889,237,268,333,891],"class_list":["post-4841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-staff-picks","tag-crime","tag-designers","tag-fashion","tag-murder","tag-mystery","tag-nations-capital"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-1g5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4841"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4846,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4841\/revisions\/4846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}