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Shocked : my mother, Schiaparelli, and me
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- Summary
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"[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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- Creator
- Patricia Volk
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013
- ©2013
- Physical Details
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- ix, 283 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780307962102, 0307962105, 9780307962119, 0307962113
- OCLC
- ocn800039438
- "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
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.
- Mothers and daughters -- United States.
- Femininity.
- Beauty, Personal.
- Fashion designers -- France -- Paris -- Biography.