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

By:

Volk, Patricia

Edition: First editionDescription: ix, 283 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cmISBN:

9780307962102

Other title:

My mother, Schiaparelli, and me

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

92 SCH

LOC classification:

TT505.S3 V65 2013

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.

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.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	92 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		064943

"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-278).

"[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.

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