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001 2012034922
003 DLC
005 20130730075540.0
008 120918s2013 nyua b 000 0deng
010 $a 2012034922
020 $a9780307962102 (hardcover)
020 $a0307962105 (hbk.)
020 $a9780307962119 (ebook)
020 $a0307962113 (ebk.)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---$ae-fr---
050 00 $aTT505.S3$bV65 2013
082 00 $a746.9/20922$aB$223
100 1 $aVolk, Patricia.
245 10 $aShocked :$bmy mother, Schiaparelli, and me /$cPatricia Volk.
246 30 $aMy mother, Schiaparelli, and me
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2013.
300 $aix, 283 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $a"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
520 $a"[A] memoir ... that juxtaposes two fascinating lives--the iconoclastic designer Elsa Schiaparelli and the author's own mother--to explore how a girl fashions herself into a woman"--Dust jacket flap.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 277-278).
505 0 $aMirrors -- "The From Above" -- A Ring and a Mink -- Something in Common -- Gambling -- Manner of Dress -- The Womanly Arts -- Friendship -- Lingerie -- Gainful Employment -- The Vicissitudes of Beauty -- Improving the Mind -- Sex -- Choosing a Husband -- Being a Mother -- Superstition -- The Bogolometz -- Reckoning -- Through the Looking Glass -- Reflection.
600 10 $aSchiaparelli, Elsa,$d1890-1973$xInfluence.
600 10 $aSchiaparelli, Elsa,$d1890-1973$xHomes and haunts.
600 10 $aVolk, Audrey Morgen$xInfluence.
600 10 $aVolk, Audrey Morgen$xHomes and haunts.
600 10 $aVolk, Patricia$xFamily.
650 0 $aMothers and daughters$zUnited States.
600 10 $aVolk, Patricia$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aFemininity.
650 0 $aBeauty, Personal.
650 0 $aFashion designers$zFrance$zParis$vBiography.