Infinite variety
Subtitle: the life and legend of the Marchesa Casati
By: Scot D. Ryersson and Michael Orlando Yaccarino ; foreword by Quentin Crisp.
Edition: The definitive ed., 1st University of Minnesota Press ed.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: Casati, Luisa, marchesa, 1881-1957.; Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Italy -- Milan -- Biography.; Celebrities -- Italy -- Milan -- Biography.; Milan (Italy) -- Biography.; London (England) -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "For the first three decades of the twentieth century, the Marchesa Casati astounded Europe. She was infamous for her evening strolls - naked beneath her furs, parading cheetahs on diamond-studded leashes. Artists such as Man Ray and Augustus John painted, sculpted, and photographed her; writers, including Jean Cocteau, Ezra Pound, and Jack Kerouac, praised her strange beauty. Couturiers Fortuny, Poiret, and Erte dressed her." "The extravagance ended in 1930 when Casati was more than twenty-five million dollars in debt, but her legacy continues to inspire. Designers John Galliano, Karl Lagerfeld, and Tom Ford have each paid homage to her eccentric style, and her life has been the subject of films and plays. Fully authorized, accurate, and updated, this is the fantastic story of the Marchesa Luisa Casati."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.