![]() ![]() ![]() Their fierce competition reaches new and dangerous heights as the Nazis and World War II bear down on Paris. Schiaparelli offers budding artist Lily a job at her store, and Lily finds herself increasingly involved in the designers' personal war. Charlie's socially prominent girlfriend soon begins wearing Schiaparelli's designs, too, and much of Paris follows in her footsteps. When Lily Sutter, a recently widowed young American teacher, visits her brother, Charlie, in Paris, he wants to buy her a couture dress-a Chanel. The Beautiful American is written by Jeanne Mackin and published by Berkley (P-US). ![]() They oppose each other at every turn, in both their politics and their designs: Chanel's are classic, elegant, and practical Schiaparelli's are bold, experimental, and surreal. With World War II looming over Paris, an American woman becomes entangled in the intense rivalry between iconic fashion designers Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli in this "fascinating" (Hazel Gaynor) novel from the acclaimed author ofĬoco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli are fighting for recognition as the most successful fashion designer in France, and their rivalry is already legendary. ![]()
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