Title: Banners of Silk
First published: 1981
Description: **She ruled an empire of elegance. Louise Vernet.** Raised in the slums of Paris. Coming of age around the splendor and corruption of the Second Empire. **She ruled the world of fashion, clothing the most fabled women of title and of pleasure in a society where even sin had to have style.**

**She took as her lover a nobleman she could never wed** -- and **gave a name to their child by entering into a passionless marriage.** Sweeping from the Paris of Louis Napoleon to the England of Queen Victoria... and from the depths of despair to the heights of joy and fulfillment... **this is the unforgettable saga of a woman of daring and destiny -- and the dazzling world of French haute couture she helped create....**
Subjects: Banners of Silk, Rosalind Laker, Pseudonym of, Barbara Øvstedal, 19th century, England, British, Classic, Fiction, Historical, Romance, Fashion, Seamstress, Cloth, Novel, Hardcover, Paperback, Fashion designers, History, Fiction, romance, historical, general, Large type books
Places: Paris, Lyons, France, London, England, UK, Milan, Italy, New York, USA
People: Charles Frederick Worth, Napoleon III, Empress Eugenie, Queen Victora
Time periods: 1843-1871
LC classification: PR6065.E9 B37 1981