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Virginia Postrel Explains Why We Need Glamour
What defines glamour, and why do we need it? Bloomberg View columnist Virginia Postrel, author of The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion, offered her thoughts on what makes up this elusive quality—as well as her thoughts on what glamour is not—at a Zócalo/Getty Center event. “Glamour is not in fact a style. It’s not a personal characteristic,” she told the crowd. “Cars can be glamorous, cities can be glamorous, ideas can be glamorous.” But what is glamorous—like what is funny—changes depending on the audience. Like …
