Searching for beauty
Subtitle: the life of Millicent Rogers
By: Cherie Burns
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9780312547240
Subjects: Philanthropists; Art; Intellectual life; Relations with men; Models (Persons); Heiresses; Biography; Upper class women; Socialites; Collectors and collecting
Description: A portrait of the Standard Oil heiress and legendary American trendsetter Millicent Rogers. Nobody knew how to live the high life like Millicent Rogers. Born into luxury, she lived in a whirl of beautiful homes, European vacations, exquisite clothing and handsome men. Here, Cherie Burns chronicles Rogers's glittering life from her days as a young girl afflicted with rheumatic fever to her Taos finale. A rebellious icon of the age, she eloped with a penniless baron, danced tangos in European nightclubs, divorced, remarried and romanced, among others, Clark Gable. Her romantic conquests, though, paled in comparison to her triumph in the fashion world where she electrified the fashionistas by becoming the muse to designer Charles James, appearing in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar and--at the end of her life--retreating to Taos, New Mexico, where she popularized Southwestern style.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Farewell to an heiress; title: Fortune and family; title: Rich beginnings; title: Coming out; title: The grand tour; title: Breaking away; title: Countess; title: Exit the Count; title: Enter the Argentine; title: After the honeymoon; title: Making a mark in fashion; title: A stylish life; title: Wills as weapons; title: Expat idyll; title: To the manor; title: Wartime and Washington; title: A changed world; title: Bangles and baubles; title: A leading man; title: After the affair; title: Changing the scene; title: Call of the mountain; title: Taos; title: Travels with Millicent; title: One with the Indians; title: With the wide sky; title: Postscript