Typophile

A question about Didones

I'm not sure if anything like this has been asked before, but here goes.

When did Didone faces become associated with fashion/glamor, and why?

See: J. Abbott Miller, Fashion’s obsessions are mirrored in its typography, From Vogue’s femme serifs to butch Chanel and the hybrid YSL logo, at http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature.php?id=151&fid=647

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