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Shocked my mother, Schiaparelli, and me

"[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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Main Author: Volk, Patricia
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
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.
Mothers and daughters > United States.
Volk, Patricia > Philosophy.
Femininity.
Beauty, Personal.
Fashion designers > France > Paris > Biography.
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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.
Item Description:"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:ix, 283 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-278).
ISBN:9780307962102 (hardcover)
0307962105 (hbk.)
9780307962119 (ebook)
0307962113 (ebk.)
Author Notes:

Patricia Volk is the author of the memoir Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family and four works of fiction. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, she has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and Playboy . She lives in New York City.


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