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Legendary designer Alouette Doré, queen of the fashion business for most of the century, has always avoided giving interviews about her past. But, now in her nineties, she wants to set the record straight. And the story Mademoiselle has to tell is a remarkable one…
Escaping from her drab existence as a shop assistant, Alouette joins the household of an aristocratic playboy and here the seeds of her future career take root. For her harsh convent upbringing has at least taught her skill with the needle and it is this that will make her fortune.
She starts by opening a hat shop, and soon her original creations adorn the heads of the stylish society ladies in her circle. The she designs a range of daringly imaginative clothes and her reputation as the new queen of fashion is assured.
But Alouette’s fame and fortune sometimes come at the expense of her personal happiness and, at the end of her rich and varied life, Mademoiselle comes to question whether she has paid too dearly for her success…
Paperback, 599 pages. In very good to excellent preloved condition..