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.
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