Infinite Variety: The Life and Legend of the Marchesa Casati The Ultimate Edition

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For the primary three decades of the 20 th century, the Marchesa Luisa Casati astounded Europe. She used to be 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 atypical attractiveness; celebrities and royalty from all over the world were amazed and awed by her lavish parties and spectacles at her homes in Italy and France. The extravagance ended in 1930 when Casati used to be more than twenty-five million dollars in debt, but she continued her iconoclastic and creative pursuits until her death in London in 1957. Her legacy continues, especially in latest fashion, with John Galliano, Tom Ford, Alexander McQueen, Karl Lagerfeld, and other designers inspired by her remarkable style. Fully authorized, completely up to date, and richly illustrated, that is the implausible story of the Marchesa Casati.


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