Elsa Schiaparelli : a biography
Title:
Elsa Schiaparelli : a biography
Author:
Secrest, Meryle, author.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Physical Description:
xx, 377 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Summary:
"The first biography of the grand couturier, surrealist, and embattled figure (her medium was apparel), whose extraordinary work has stood the test of time"--
Language:
English
Contents:
The orphan -- The Piccadilly faker -- Themes of love and death -- Murder and mayhem -- Coq feathers -- Comet -- The boutique fantasque -- Shock in pink -- Scandalous schiap -- The "collabo" -- Wearing two hats -- Picking up the arrow -- A bird in the cage.
Personal Subject:
ISBN:
9780307701596
Format :
Book
