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Volk, Patricia.
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Schiaparelli, Elsa, 1890-1973 -- Influence.
Schiaparelli, Elsa, 1890-1973 -- Homes and haunts.
Volk, Audrey Morgen -- Influence.
Volk, Audrey Morgen -- Homes and haunts.
Volk, Patricia -- Family.
Volk, Patricia -- Philosophy.
Fashion designers -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Biography.
Authors, American -- Biography.
Femininity.
Beauty, Personal.
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Volk, Patricia.
Schiaparelli, Elsa, 1890-1973 -- Influence.
Schiaparelli, Elsa, 1890-1973 -- Homes and haunts.
Volk, Audrey Morgen -- Influence.
Volk, Audrey Morgen -- Homes and haunts.
Volk, Patricia -- Family.
Volk, Patricia -- Philosophy.
Fashion designers -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Biography.
Authors, American -- Biography.
Femininity.
Beauty, Personal.
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Shocked : my mother, Schiaparelli, and me / Patricia Volk.
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Volk, Patricia.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Call #:
746
.920922
V916s
Subjects
Schiaparelli, Elsa, 1890-1973 -- Influence.
Schiaparelli, Elsa, 1890-1973 -- Homes and haunts.
Volk, Audrey Morgen -- Influence.
Volk, Audrey Morgen -- Homes and haunts.
Volk, Patricia -- Family.
Volk, Patricia -- Philosophy.
Fashion designers -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Biography.
Authors, American -- Biography.
Femininity.
Beauty, Personal.
ISBN:
9780307962102 (hc.)
0307962105 (hc.)
Alternate title:
My mother, Schiaparelli, and me.
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
ix, 283 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-278).
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:
"From the acclaimed author of Stuffed: an intimate, richly illustrated memoir, written with charm and panache, 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. Audrey Morgen Volk, an upper-middle-class New Yorker, was a great beauty and the polished hostess at her family's garment district restaurant. Elsa Schiaparelli--the haute couture designer whose creations shocked the world, blurred the line between fashion and art, and believed that everything, even a button, has the potential to delight. Audrey's daughter Patricia read Schiap's autobiography, Shocking Life, at a tender age, and was transformed by it. These two women--volatile, opinionated, and brilliant each in her own way--offered Patricia contrasting lessons about womanhood and personal style that allowed her to plot her own course"--Provided by publisher.
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Memoirs.
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