Searching for beauty : the life of Millicent Rogers / Cherie Burns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burns, Cherie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rogers, Millicent, -1953.

Rogers, Millicent.

Upper class women--United States--Biography.

Upper class women.

Heiresses--United States--Biography.

Heiresses.

Socialites--United States--Biography.

Socialites.

Philanthropists--United States--Biography.

Philanthropists.

Relations with men.

United States.

Models (Persons)--United States--Biography.

Models (Persons).

Art--Collectors and collecting--United States--Biography.

Art.

Art--Collectors and collecting.

Rogers, Millicent, -1953--Relations with men.

Taos (N.M.)--Biography.

Taos (N.M.).

Taos (N.M.)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 363 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2011.

Summary:

A portrait of the Standard Oil heiress and legendary American trendsetter Millicent Rogers. Nobody knew how to live the high life like Millicent Rogers. Born into luxury, she lived in a whirl of beautiful homes, European vacations, exquisite clothing and handsome men. Here, Cherie Burns chronicles Rogers's glittering life from her days as a young girl afflicted with rheumatic fever to her Taos finale. A rebellious icon of the age, she eloped with a penniless baron, danced tangos in European nightclubs, divorced, remarried and romanced, among others, Clark Gable. Her romantic conquests, though, paled in comparison to her triumph in the fashion world where she electrified the fashionistas by becoming the muse to designer Charles James, appearing in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar and--at the end of her life--retreating to Taos, New Mexico, where she popularized Southwestern style.--From publisher description.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780312547240

0312547242

OCLC:

707969306