Volk, Patricia <br/><br/>
Shocked  : my mother, Schiaparelli, and me 
 My mother, Schiaparelli, and me 
/ Patricia Volk. 
 - First edition. 
 - ix, 283 pages  : illustrations (some color)  ; 22 cm 
<br/><br/> "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-278). 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "[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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780307962102 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012034922 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Schiaparelli, Elsa , 1890-1973 ----Influence<br/>Schiaparelli, Elsa , 1890-1973 ----Homes and haunts<br/>Volk, Audrey Morgen , 1890-1973 ----Influence<br/>Volk, Patricia
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mothers and daughters<br/>Femininity.<br/>Beauty, personal<br/>Fashion designers----France----Biography
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TT505.S3  / V65 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>92 SCH