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Author Secrest, Meryle, author.

Title Elsa Schiaparelli : a biography / Meryle Secrest.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 SCHIAPARELLI, ELS    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  B SCHIAPARELLI    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Biographies  B SCHIAPARELLI ELSA S    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xx, 377 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note Includes index.
Summary "The first biography of the grand couturier, surrealist, and embattled figure (her medium was apparel), whose extraordinary work has stood the test of time"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-360) and index.
Contents The orphan -- The Piccadilly faker -- Themes of love and death -- Murder and mayhem -- Coq feathers -- Comet -- The boutique fantasque -- Shock in pink -- Scandalous schiap -- The "collabo" -- Wearing two hats -- Picking up the arrow -- A bird in the cage.
Subject Schiaparelli, Elsa, 1890-1973.
Fashion designers -- Italy -- Biography.
Women fashion designers -- Italy -- Biography.
Surrealism and design.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers.
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.
DESIGN / Fashion.
ISBN 9780307701596 (hbk.)
030770159X (hbk.)
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