Secrest is no fashion hagiographer: she is as sharp about the rich, demanding customers for haute couture as about the imperious, eccentric designers who dressed them...Whatever the shock behind the pink, Secrest gets to it with admiration for Schiap's unique style and appreciation for her as a reflection of her times.
The Times
This biography paints a compelling ... Read morepicture of a shrewd businesswoman gussying up her product art, and making a killing. Schiap proves as persuasive today as she was 80 years ago.
The Independent
The cast is thrilling....the locations are glamorous...Her story fairly rips along.
Rachel Cooke
the Observer
Ms Secrest's incisive, sympathetic life demonstrates great skill in unpicking the web of myths that Schiaparelli wove to reveal the shape of the woman beneath.
The Economist
Secrest's biography is a wonderful insight into a life that history hasn't remembered as well as it should have.
Vogue
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