Infinite Variety: The Life and Legend of Marchesa Casati

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For the first three decades of the twentieth century, the Marchesa Casati astounded Europe. She was infamous for her evening strolls -- naked beneath her furs, parading cheetahs on diamond-studded leashes. Artists such as Man Ray and Augustus John painted, sculpted, and photographed her; writers, including Jean Cocteau, Ezra Pound, and Jack Kerouac, praised her strange beauty. Couturiers Fortuny, Poiret, and Erte dressed her. The extravagance ended in 1930 when Casati was more than twenty-five million dollars in debt, but her legacy continues to inspire. Designers John Galliano, Karl Lagerfeld, and Tom Ford have each paid homage to her eccentric style, and her life has been the subject of films and plays. Fully ...
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Overview

For the first three decades of the twentieth century, the Marchesa Casati astounded Europe. She was infamous for her evening strolls -- naked beneath her furs, parading cheetahs on diamond-studded leashes. Artists such as Man Ray and Augustus John painted, sculpted, and photographed her; writers, including Jean Cocteau, Ezra Pound, and Jack Kerouac, praised her strange beauty. Couturiers Fortuny, Poiret, and Erte dressed her. The extravagance ended in 1930 when Casati was more than twenty-five million dollars in debt, but her legacy continues to inspire. Designers John Galliano, Karl Lagerfeld, and Tom Ford have each paid homage to her eccentric style, and her life has been the subject of films and plays. Fully authorized, accurate, and updated, this is the fantastic story of the Marchesa Luisa Casati.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780816645206
  • Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
  • Publication date: 8/15/2004
  • Edition description: 1
  • Pages: 264
  • Sales rank: 370,688
  • Product dimensions: 5.88 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.60 (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction : siren of the century
Dream child, 1881-1903 1
A slow awakening, 1903-1910 13
1001 nights on the grand canal, 1910-1914 33
The Basilisk's stare, 1914-1919 71
Tigress on Capri, 1919-1920 95
Medusa in pearls, 1921-1927 119
Dragonfly in amber, 1927-1957 149
Epilogue : phoenix rising 185
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