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.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-278). 
505 0 |a 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. 
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600 1 0 |a Volk, Audrey Morgen  |x Influence. 
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600 1 0 |a Volk, Patricia  |x Philosophy. 
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650 0 |a Beauty, Personal. 
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