Shocked : my mother, Schiaparelli, and me
Volk, Patricia
Shocked : my mother, Schiaparelli, and me My mother, Schiaparelli, and me / Patricia Volk. - First edition. - ix, 283 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-278).
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.
"[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.
9780307962102
2012034922
Schiaparelli, Elsa , 1890-1973 ----Influence
Schiaparelli, Elsa , 1890-1973 ----Homes and haunts
Volk, Audrey Morgen , 1890-1973 ----Influence
Volk, Patricia
Mothers and daughters
Femininity.
Beauty, personal
Fashion designers----France----Biography
TT505.S3 / V65 2013
92 SCH
Shocked : my mother, Schiaparelli, and me My mother, Schiaparelli, and me / Patricia Volk. - First edition. - ix, 283 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-278).
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.
"[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.
9780307962102
2012034922
Schiaparelli, Elsa , 1890-1973 ----Influence
Schiaparelli, Elsa , 1890-1973 ----Homes and haunts
Volk, Audrey Morgen , 1890-1973 ----Influence
Volk, Patricia
Mothers and daughters
Femininity.
Beauty, personal
Fashion designers----France----Biography
TT505.S3 / V65 2013
92 SCH
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