{"product_id":"bloom-a-story-of-fashion","title":"Bloom: A Story of Fashion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA dazzling picture book biography of one of the world's most influential designers, Elsa Schiaparelli.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eElsa dared to be different, and her story will not only dazzle, it will inspire the artist and fashionista in everyone who reads it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 4 to 6. It’s a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy the 1930s Elsa Schiaparelli had captivated the fashion world in Paris, but before that, she was a little girl in Rome who didn’t feel pretty at all. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the enchanting story for young readers of how a young girl used her imagination and emerged from plain to extraordinary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a young girl in Rome, Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973) felt “brutta” (ugly) and searched all around her for beauty. Seeing the colors of Rome’s flower market one day, young Elsa tried to plant seeds in her ears and nose, hoping to blossom like a flower. All she got was sick, but from that moment, she discovered her own wild imagination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the 1920 and '30s, influenced by her friends in the surrealist art movement, Schiaparelli created a vast collection of unique fashion designs—hats shaped like shoes, a dress adorned with lobsters, gloves with fingernails, a dress with drawers and so many more. She mixed her own bold colors and invented her own signature shades, including shocking pink.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a stunning and sophisticated picture book biography that follows Schiaparelli’s life from birth and childhood to height of success.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKyo Maclear and Julie Morstad (creators of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJulia, Child\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) have gorgeously interpreted Schiaparelli’s life. Maclear tells a lyrical story with moments both poignant and humorous and Morstad’s elegant imagery saturates the pages with Schiaparelli-inspired shapes and colors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49916663824672,"sku":"","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0882\/7842\/files\/bloom.jpg?v=1740181311","url":"https:\/\/www.lakeboutique.sbs\/products\/bloom-a-story-of-fashion","provider":"Lake","version":"1.0","type":"link"}