Cherie Burns

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    ,A fascinating portrait of the Standard Oil heirerss and legendary American trendsetter Millicent Rogers,Nobody knew how to live the high life like Millicent Rogers.Â Born into luxury,Â she livedÂ in a whirl ofÂ beautiful homes,Â European vacations, exquisite clothing andÂ handsome men.Â InÂ ,Searching for Beauty,,Â Cherie Burns chroniclesÂ Rogers'sÂ glitteringÂ life from her days as aÂ young girlÂ afflicted withÂ rheumatic feverÂ to herÂ debutante debutÂ and her Taos finale.Â A rebellious icon of the age, she eloped with a penniless baron,Â danced tangos inÂ European nightclubs,Â divorced,Â remarried andÂ romanced, among others,Â Clark Gable.Â Her romantic conquests, though, paled in comparison to her triumph in the fashion worldÂ where sheÂ electrified the fashionistasÂ by becoming the muse toÂ designer Charles James, appearing inÂ Vogue and Harper's BazaarÂ and - at the end of her life - retreating toÂ Taos, New Mexico whereÂ she popularizedÂ Southwestern style.Â WithÂ ,Searching for Beauty,,Â Millicent RogersÂ enters the pantheon of great American women who,Â like Diana Vreeland andÂ Babe Paley, put their distinctive stamp on American Style.,
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Biography,Couture,Fashion,Nonfiction
Searching for Beauty: The Life of Millicent Rogers, the American Heiress Who Taught the World About Style