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Shocked my mother, Schiaparelli, and me
"[A] memoir ... that juxtaposes two fascinating lives--the iconoclastic designer Elsa Schiaparelli and the author's own mother--to explore how a girl fashions herself into a woman"--Dust jacket flap.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307962102 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0307962105 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 9780307962119 (ebook)
- ISBN: 0307962113 (ebk.)
- Physical Description: ix, 283 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-278). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Mirrors -- "The From Above" -- A Ring and a Mink -- Something in Common -- Gambling -- Manner of Dress -- The Womanly Arts -- Friendship -- Lingerie -- Gainful Employment -- The Vicissitudes of Beauty -- Improving the Mind -- Sex -- Choosing a Husband -- Being a Mother -- Superstition -- The Bogolometz -- Reckoning -- Through the Looking Glass -- Reflection. |