A gift for her older fans and younger audiences who have yet to discover her genius, Bloom is sure to be an enthralling classic. With its warm, lyrical text and enchanting illustrations, Bloom shows readers how ingenuity, vision and self doubt all made Schiaparelli truly beautiful. Kyo Maclear and Julie Morstad, the dynamic duo who created the critically acclaimed Julia, Child, team up again to bring to life the childhood memories and the inspiring milestones of the legendary Elsa Schiaparelli. Daring and different, Elsa Schiaparelli used art to make fashion, and it was quite marvelous.

Why not a shoe for a hat? Why not a dress with drawers? And she invented a color: shocking pink! Her adventurous mind was the key to her happiness and success-and is still seen today in her legacy of wild imagination. Defining beauty on her own creative terms, Schiaparelli worked hard to develop her designs, and eventually bloomed into an extraordinary talent who dreamed up the most wonderful dresses, hats, shoes and jewelry. Morstad has perfectly teamed up with writer Kyo Maclear and their book, Julia, Child is currently one of our. She looked everywhere for beauty until something inside of Elsa blossomed, and she became an artist with an incredible imagination. A total reflection of an enthusiastic childhood. So she decided to seek out beauty around her, and found it everywhere.

Here is the life of iconic fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, who as a little girl in Rome, was told by her own mamma that she was brutta. A dazzling first-person picture book biography of the life of iconic fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli by the award-winning team who created Julia, Child.

Julia, Child by Kyo Maclear