Summary
"[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. Full description
- Mirrors
- "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.