Elsie de Wolfe's Paris
Subtitle: frivolity before the storm
By: with photographs by Roger Schall
Contributors: Schall, Roger, 1904-1995, photographer
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781419713897
Subjects: Nineteen thirties; Fashion; Interior decorators; Social life and customs; Biography; History
Description: "The American decorator Elsie de Wolfe (1858-1950) was the international set's preeminent hostess in Paris during the interwar years. She had a legendary villa in Versailles, where in the late 1930s she held two fabulous parties--her Circus Balls--that marked the end of the social scene that her friend Cole Porter perfectly captured in his songs, as the clouds of war swept through Europe. Charlie Scheips tells the story of these glamorous parties using a wealth of previously unpublished photographs and introducing a large cast of aristocrats, beauties, politicians, fashion designers, movie stars, moguls, artists, caterers, florists, party planners, and decorators."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.