"The first biography of the grand couturier, surrealist, and embattled figure (her medium was apparel), whose extraordinary work has stood the test of time"--

The orphan -- The Piccadilly faker -- Themes of love and death -- Murder and mayhem -- Coq feathers -- Comet -- The boutique fantasque -- Shock in pink -- Scandalous schiap -- The "collabo" -- Wearing two hats -- Picking up the arrow -- A bird in the cage.