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Shocked : my mother, Schiaparelli, and me Book
by Volk, Patricia
Book | First edition | Alfred A. Knopf, New York : c2013.
  • 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Diamond Trail 746.920922 Vol Biography Copy hold / Volume hold Available
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From the bestselling author of "Stuffed" comes a richly illustrated memoir, written with charm and panache, that juxtaposes two lives--an iconoclastic Italian fashion designer and the author's mother--to explore how a girl fashions herself into a woman.
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  • ISBN: 9780307962102 (hc) :
  • Physical Description: 283 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits ; 21 cm.print
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2013.
  • General Note: "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
  • Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
  • Formatted Contents Note: 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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