A dual biography of the McLaughlins – identical twin sisters who became photographers in New York during the glamorous magazine golden age of the 1930s and 40s.
Judging from the dull firsthand quotes featured here, though, the pair had little to say about photography, fashion, history or being twins ... Although Kino... bills Franny and Fuffy as the stars of Double Click, her book is really a history of New York’s fashion magazines ... It’s hard to look away.
Carol Kino has interwoven a biography of the McLaughlins with an authoritative, detailed history of fashion, the art world and photography in midcentury New York ... Ms. Kino doesn’t delve very deeply into the McLaughlins’ psychology.
