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Shocked: My Mother, Schiaparelli, and Me

Shocked: My Mother, Schiaparelli, and Me

An NPR Best Book of the Year
AÂ Publishers WeeklyÂ Best Book of the Year

How does a girl fashion herself into a woman? In this richly illustrated memoir, writer Patricia Volk juxtaposes her two childhood idols to find her answer. Her mother, Audrey, was an upper-middle-class New Yorker and a great beautyâ€”meticulously groomed, proudly conventional. Elsa Schiaparelli was an avant-garde fashion designer whose creations broke every rule and elevated clothing into art. While growing up in Audrey's strict household, Patricia read Schiap's freewheeling autobiography and was transformed by it.
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Shocked weaves Audrey's traditional notions of domesticity with Schiap's often outrageous ideas, giving us a revelatory meditation on beauty and on being a daughter, sister, and motherâ€”and demonstrating, meanwhile, how a single book can change a life.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Paperback
Color Pink
ReleaseDate 2014-04-22
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780451207166

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