Elsa Schiaparelli
Subtitle: a biography
By: Meryle Secrest
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9780307701596
Subjects: Surrealism and design; Women fashion designers; Biography; Fashion designers
Description: "The first biography of the grand couturier, surrealist, and embattled figure (her medium was apparel), whose extraordinary work has stood the test of time"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-360) and index.
Table of contents: title: The orphan; title: The Piccadilly faker; title: Themes of love and death; title: Murder and mayhem; title: Coq feathers; title: Comet; title: The boutique fantasque; title: Shock in pink; title: Scandalous schiap; title: The "collabo"; title: Wearing two hats; title: Picking up the arrow; title: A bird in the cage.