{"product_id":"helena-rubinstein-isbn-9782080204028","title":"Helena Rubinstein","description":"\u003cb\u003eHelena Rubinstein's remarkable life--from the inception of her beauty empire to the legacy she left behind--is celebrated in this comprehensive book that retraces her inspiring story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelena Rubinstein was the first to establish the link between beauty and science, at a time when makeup was worn only by actresses and prostitutes. Progressive and a feminist, she made beauty accessible, using cosmetics as a means of emancipation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA daring pioneer, she founded a world-famous cosmetics empire with intelligence, courage, intuition, and business acumen. Her visionary marketing and publicity campaigns secured her brand's success, and she left behind one hundred branches in forty countries and 30,000 employees. Until the end of her life, the world's richest woman remained faithful to her humble Polish‒Jewish roots and proud of her Yiddish accent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis illustrated biography recounts Rubinstein's life and legacy--the path to building her empire, her extensive art collection, her fascination with fashion and jewelry, and her groundbreaking achievements in launching the modern beauty revolution.\u003cb\u003eMichèle Fitoussi\u003c\/b\u003e, former editor of \u003ci\u003eFrench Elle\u003c\/i\u003e, published \u003ci\u003eHelena Rubinstein: The Woman Who Invented Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e and co-authored \u003ci\u003eStolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail\u003c\/i\u003e (an Oprah Book Club pick). \u003cb\u003ePaul Salmona\u003c\/b\u003e is director of the mahJ (the museum of Jewish history) in Paris. \u003cb\u003eDanielle Spera\u003c\/b\u003e is director of the Jüdisches Museum Wien. \u003cb\u003eMason Klein\u003c\/b\u003e is curator at the Jewish Museum in New York. \u003cb\u003eMarie-Sophie Carron de la Carrière-Lévy\u003c\/b\u003e is fashion curator at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. \u003cb\u003eIris Meder\u003c\/b\u003e was an architecture historian and curator. \u003cb\u003eElisabeth Sandager\u003c\/b\u003e is L'Oréal's international managing director of the brands Helena Rubinstein, Shu Uemura, and Yue Sai. \u003cb\u003eChristian Maryska\u003c\/b\u003e works at the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. \u003cb\u003eSuzanne Slesin\u003c\/b\u003e, an art historian, is Helena Rubinstein's granddaughter-in-law.","brand":"Flammarion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301318938853,"sku":"NP9782080204028","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9782080204028.jpg?v=1767728880","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/helena-rubinstein-isbn-9782080204028","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}