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Shocked : my mother, Schiaparelli, and me / Patricia Volk.

Van Pelt Library TT505.S3 V65 2013
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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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