Author: Jeanne Mackin
Format: Paperback ( 352 p.)
An American woman becomes entangled in the intense rivalry between iconic fashion designers Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli in this captivating novel from the acclaimed author of The Beautiful American.
Paris, 1938. Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli are fighting for recognition as the most successful and influential fashion designer in France, and their rivalry is already legendary. They oppose each other at every turn, in both their politics and their designs: Chanel's are classic, elegant, and practical; Schiaparelli's bold, experimental, and surreal.
When Lily Sutter, a recently widowed young American teacher, visits her brother, Charlie, in Paris, he insists on buying her a couture dress--a Chanel. Lily, however, prefers a Schiaparelli. Charlie's beautiful and socially prominent girlfriend soon begins wearing Schiaparelli's designs as well, and much of Paris follows in her footsteps.
Schiaparelli offers budding artist Lily a job at her store, and Lily finds herself increasingly involved with Schiaparelli and Chanel's personal war. Their fierce competition reaches new and dangerous heights as the Nazis and the looming threat of World War II bear down on Paris.
My Thoughts:
This book follows Lily and both Coco Channel and Elsa Schiaparelli as they are at the hight of their career selling clothing to women. They fight with each other every time you turn around add to that the war is stating to really rage on and you wonder how Paris will fair with it. Lily and her brother Charlie are visiting Paris and Charlie offers to buy her a dress and she picks on designer over another.
As the book goes on we see how Lily does and what she does with her life after loosing her husband. This book was insane the way you walked with Lily and saw what she saw and what she learned from both designers about love and life.
Definitely a great historical fiction book that takes place in Paris while German's are getting closer and what mattered to women back then!
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