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Author:

Volk, Patricia.

Title:

Shocked : my mother, Schiaparelli, and me / Patricia Volk.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

ix, 283 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.

Subject:

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.
Femininity.
Beauty, Personal.
Fashion designers--France--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-278).

Contents:

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.

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.

ISBN:

0307962105 (hbk.)
9780307962102 (hbk.)

LCCN:

2012034922

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)