Format:
Book
Title:
All we know : three lives / Lisa Cohen.
Author:
Cohen, Lisa, 1962-
Call Number:
920.72 Cohen
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
Description:
429 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
Chronicles the lives of New York intellectual Esther Murphy, celebrity ephemera collector Mercedes de Acosta, and British Vogue editor Madge Garland and their lifestyles, influence on fashion, and celebrity friendships.
Subjects:
Murphy, Esther, 1898-1962.
Acosta, Mercedes de, 1893-1968.
Garland, Madge, 1896-1990.
Women -- Biography.
Biography -- 20th century.
Modernism (Aesthetics) -- History -- 20th century.
Women intellectuals -- Biography.
Socialites -- United States -- Biography.
Women authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
Women fashion designers -- England -- Biography.
Contents:
Three Lives -- A Perfect Failure -- Fantasia on a Theme by Mercedes de Acosta -- Velvet is Very Important.
ISBN:
9780374176495 (alk. paper)
0374176493 (alk. paper)