Meryle Secrest was born and educated in Bath, England, and lives in Washington, D.C. She is the author of eleven biographies and was awarded the 2006 Presidential National Humanities Medal.
Secrest's biography is a wonderful insight into a life that history
hasn't remembered as well as it should have.
*Vogue*
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*
The cast is thrilling....the locations are glamorous...Her story
fairly rips along.
*the Observer*
This biography paints a compelling picture 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*
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*
Engagingly told...[Schiaparelli's life story] appears as improbable
and fascinating as her clothes.
*the Guardian*
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