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The disappearance of Astrid Bricard / Natasha Lester.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781538706954 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 454 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Forever hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Forever, 2024.
- Copyright: ©2023
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| Subject: | Clothing trade > Fiction. Fashion designers > Fiction. Fashion > Fiction. Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Missing persons > Fiction. Women > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Novels. |
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Leste | 31681010357416 | FICTION | On holds shelf | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Holding what remains of her mother and grandmotherâs legacies, Blythe Bricard stiches together the painfully beautiful fabrics of three generations of heartbreak to create something that will shake the foundations of fashion while trying to answer the question: what really happened to her mother? - Baker & Taylor
"In 1973, fashion icon Astrid Bricard disappeared at the legendary Versailles designer show-down. All that remained was a scrap of fabric...and a family unraveled. Everyone remembers her daringly short, silver lamâe dress. An iconic photo capturing an electric moment, where emerging American designer Astrid Bricard is young, uninhibited, and on the cusp of fashion and feminism's changing landscape. She and fellow designer Hawk Jones are all over Vogue and the disco scene. Yet she can't escape the legacy of being the daughter of Mizza Bricard, infamous "muse" for Christian Dior. Astrid would give anything to take her place among the great houses of couture - on her own terms. I won't inspire it when I can create it. But then Astrid disappeared... Now Astrid's daughter, Blythe, holds what remains of her mother and grandmother's legacies. Of all the Bricard women, she can gather the torn, shredded, and painfully beautiful fabrics of three generations of grief, heartbreak, and abandonment to create somethingthat will shake the foundations of fashion. The only piece that's missing is the one question that no one's been able to answer: What really happened to Astrid?"-- - Grand Central Pub
New York Times bestselling author Natasha Lester delivers a brilliant blend of feminism, fashion, and history in this bold novel set against the real-life designersâ showdown in Versailles in the 1970s.
French countryside, Present Day: Blythe Bricard is the daughter of famous fashion muses but that doesn't mean she wants to be one. She turned her back on that world, and her dreams, years ago. Fate, however, has a different plan, and Blythe will discover there is more to her iconic mother and grandmother than she ever knew.Â
New York, 1970: Designer Astrid Bricard arrives in bohemian Chelsea determined to change the fashion world forever. And she does?cast as muse to her lover, Hawk Jones. And when they're both invited to compete in the fashion event of the century?the Battle of Versailles?Astrid sacrifices everything to showcase her talent. But then, just as her career is about to take off, she mysteriously vanishes, leaving behind only a white silk dress.
Paris, 1917: Parentless sixteen year old Mizza Bricard has made a vow: to be remembered on her own terms. Her promise sustains her through turbulent decades and volatile couture houses until, finally, her name is remembered and a legend is born?one that proves impossible for Astrid and Blythe to distance themselves from.
