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Shocked : my mother, Schiaparelli, and me / Patricia Volk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Volk, Patricia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Schiaparelli, Elsa, 1890-1973--Influence.
- Schiaparelli, Elsa.
- Schiaparelli, Elsa, 1890-1973--Homes and haunts.
- Volk, Audrey Morgen--Influence.
- Volk, Audrey Morgen.
- Volk, Audrey Morgen--Homes and haunts.
- Volk, Patricia--Family.
- Volk, Patricia.
- Schiaparelli, Elsa, 1890-1973.
- Mothers and daughters--United States.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Fashion designers.
- Philosophy.
- Families.
- United States.
- Volk, Patricia--Philosophy.
- Femininity.
- Beauty, Personal.
- Fashion designers--France--Paris--Biography.
- France--Paris.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 283 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- My mother, Schiaparelli, and me
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
- Summary:
- "[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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-278).
- ISBN:
- 9780307962102
- 0307962105
- 9780307962119
- 0307962113
- OCLC:
- 800039438
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