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Miss Dior : a story of courage and couture / Justine Picardie.
Van Pelt Library CT1018.D57 P53 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Picardie, Justine, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dior, Catherine, 1917-2008.
- Dior, Catherine.
- Dior, Christian--Family.
- Dior, Christian.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Families.
- France--Biography.
- France.
- War--Underground movements.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 438 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
- Summary:
- "A biography of Catherine Dior, Christian Dior's younger sister, that illuminates the work of the most iconic designer of the postwar world-her brother, Christian-and casts new light on the overlooked life of a quietly courageous, quietly extraordinary woman"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Into the Rose Garden
- The Garden Maze
- Through the Looking Glass
- Shadowland
- Rue Royale
- Rue de la Pompe
- Darkness Falls
- The Abyss
- The Underworld
- The Homecoming
- Palais de Glace
- Magical Thinking
- The New Look
- Rising from the Ashes
- The Flower Girl
- Princess Dior
- Taking a Stand
- La Colle Noire
- No Rose without a Thorn.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in 2021 by Faber & Faber Limited, Great Britain"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780374210359
- 0374210357
- OCLC:
- 1260693049
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