Title: Them
First published: May 5, 2005
Description: At the height of their fame, Alexander Liberman and Tatiana du Plessix Gray were the grandest power couple in the New York City fashion world, gifted Russian emigres who consorted with Dali and Dietrich and told American women how to look, where to travel, and what to read. As told by their daughter, the distinguished writer Francine du Plessix Gray, their saga combines romance, glamour, and pathos. Their adulation for success was as obsessive as their fierce, neurotic love for each other, and they treated everyone else—including Francine—with ruthless opportunism. Them is a work of Tolstoyan emotional power as well as a brilliant social history of its subjects' age.
Subjects: Immigrants, Russians, Sculptors, Publishers and publishing, Women fashion designers, Biography, Fashion designers, Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction, Russischer Einwanderer, Modeschöpfer, Verleger, Künstler, Parents, Russians, united states, New york (state), biography
Places: New York (State), New York (N.Y.), New York
People: Alexander Liberman (1912-), Tatʹi︠a︡na I︠A︡kovleva (1906-1991), Alexander Liberman (1912-1999)