Farm to Fifth Avenue sets the reader down in a whirlwind of glittering international celebrity during the Mad Men era in New York City. Elizabeth Arden's 5th Avenue salon, the Red Door, was the premier "salon de beaute" during this golden period of 1950-60's fashion, and as a top stylist, the author quite literally had a hand in making the famous, infamous and the discretely elegant ladies of high society shine. The book is confettied with delightful stories of the high points and pitfalls of being a stylist to the rich and famous. The author's story travels from homespun beginnings on a...