Helena Rubinstein
Subtitle: the woman who invented beauty
By: Michèle Fitoussi ; translated from the French by Kate Bignold and Lakshmi Ramakrishnan Iyer
Contributors: Bignold, Kate, translator; Ramakrishnan Iyer, Lakshmi, translator
Publisher: Gallic Books
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781908313461
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Cosmetics industry; Businesswomen; Biography
Work titles: Helena Rubinstein
Description: Helena Rubinstein was born into a poor Polish family at the end of the 19th century; by the time of her death in 1965 she had built a cosmetics empire that spanned the world. This is her amazing life story.
Notes: Translation of: Helena Rubinstein, la femme qui inventa la beauté.

Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-363) and index.
Table of contents: title: Exile; title: Kazimierz; title: the Rubinstein family; title: A merciless new world; title: A tough apprenticeship; title: 243 Collins Street; title: Beauty is power; title: Back to her roots; title: Edward William Titus; title: Mayfair lady; title: 24 Grafton Street; title: Rich and famous; title: Paris, here I come!; title: Beauty enlightening the world; title: The Great Rubinstein Road Tour; title: Paris is a moveable feast; title: Friend to artists; title: Beauty becomes big business; title: The little lady takes on Wall Street; title: Mourning for happiness; title: Family life; title: Stay young!; title: Who is the fairest of them all?; title: Princess Gourielli; title: Watching the war from New York; title: Rebuilding once again; title: The Pink Jungle; title: The last man in her life; title: The show must go on; title: Nobody lives forever; title: The empire without its empress.