by Michèle Fitoussi · Grasset & Fasquelle · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782246755715
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«Helena Rubinstein: La femme qui inventa la beauté» is Michèle Fitoussi's biography of Helena Rubinstein (Grasset & Fasquelle, paperback).
It reconstructs the life of Helena Rubinstein, from her childhood in Jewish Kraków to Australia, where she started with beauty creams, and from there to Paris, London and New York until building a cosmetic empire. Fitoussi portrays her ambition, her commercial vision and her dealings with creators such as Poiret and Chanel, in a narrative that reflects high society of the 20th century.
Originally published on 29 September 2010, this volume in French has 496 pages.
For readers of biographies and business history, with an interest in women who broke conventions and in the origins of the cosmetics industry.
Michèle Fitoussi is a French writer. She is of Tunisian-Jewish descent.
