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Frocking life : searching for Elsa Schiaparelli / BillyBoy* ; edited by Jean Pierre Lestrade, a.k.a. Lala.
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Boy, Billy
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York, NY : Rizzoli Ex Libris, 2016.
©2016
Description
xxi, 384 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
TT505.S3 B69 2016
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Fashion designers
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Biography
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Fashion design
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History
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20th century
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Boy, Billy
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Schiaparelli, Elsa 1890-1973
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Autobiographies
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Summary note
The owner of the largest collection of Elsa Schiaparelli garments in the world writes about his lifelong love affair with the work--and the entire persona--of the iconic designer. At age fourteen, designer and artist BillyBoy* had a transformative experience, brought on by the discovery of an Elsa Schiaparelli hat in a Parisian flea market. So began a love affair with Schiaparelli clothes that has lasted more than forty years. For BillyBoy*, Schiap's designs are talismans: they not only show how the chic designer revolutionized fashion, but also speak to him powerfully about how she lived her life. An artist working in Switzerland with a glamorous and fascinating past, BillyBoy* adopted Schiap as a guardian angel of sorts and has spent a lifetime searching for her through her clothes. Inspired by Shocking Life, Schiap's own memoir, this book will resonate with anyone who loves historic haute couture. Built around some of the most iconic pieces ever created by the designer, it is a book about endless discoveries and the meaning that can be transmitted across decades by a simple piece of clothing. Peopled by dazzling characters from Schiap's inner circle and the worlds of art and fashion in 1970s and 1980s New York, London, and Paris, this is a scintillating yet profound homage to a woman who saw life as art, and who inspired a young boy to do the same.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-383).
Contents
Foreword / Jean L. Druesedow
Preface / BillyBoy*
Billyboy*: a queer gentleman of fashion / Jean Pierre Lestrade a.k.a. Lala
pt. 1:
"Oh, it's a hat"
Childhood
Leaving home
A young queer in Manhattan
Superstars
All styles big and small
Art Deco-chrome-my inner anti-bourgeoise woman
Money and soul contracts
Mister modern
Surreal couture
Paris-London-Paris
Love, and I mean L.U.V.
Schiap Schiap Schiap
The two Bettinas
Surreal Bijoux-MDVANII
... and many more
pt. 2:
Elsa's childhood
Elsa as a young woman
Elsa in Paris
"Schiap" 1929-1933
1934
1935-1940
The war years
Postwar 1945
The 1950s
1954-1970
Artistic collaborations
Epilogue.
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ISBN
9780847843862 ((hardcover))
0847843866 ((hardcover))
9782016935323
2016935324
LCCN
2016935324
OCLC
884297976
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