Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli

We love this book! It is so empowering and teaches to reach for the stars!

Great picture book biography on Elsa Schiaparelli. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Recommend it if you or your kiddos are the least bit interested in fashion.

I bought this book for my daughter who has an unusual taste in fashion. I thought Bloom would encourage her to keep it up! My daughter LOVED Bloom. It's beautifully illustrated and wonderfully written.

As a former student of fashion and now a working designer, I have always admired Schiaparelli. This book is breathtaking and enjoyable as well as informative. My 7 year old daughter loves it and wants us to read it together every night.

Beautiful book!

recipient delighted to receive this gift

Love this book! Beautiful illustrations and nice message. It's a favorite.

An ugly duckling story within the fashion world. Kyo Maclear's Bloom is a story of fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli. This biographical picture book is told in first person narrative, as Maclear shares the story of Ella Schiaparelli. The illustrations, by Julie Morstad are absolutely stunning, adding to the beauty of the words written upon the page.The book begins with the birth of Ella, September 10,1890 in Roma, Italy. Her parents wanted a boy; leaving Ella to feel indifferent, alone, and unwanted. Her older sister, mama's favorite was bella and Ella was just brutta (ugly). Yet, at a very young age she sought out the beauty that surrounded her; color and joy.At the age of seven she asked, "What makes something beautiful?" This question led to her life's mission to create beauty in the world and planted a seed of wild imagination. Ella's motto was, Dare to Be Different and that she was. Throughout the remainder of the story, Maclear shares how her uniqueness and imagination caused her to become one of the world's influential fashion designers and left the idea that she was brutta; seeing the beauty of the art reflected in her work.I was delighted to read this book of Ella Schiaparelli and learn about her life before and after becoming a famous person of fashion and fame. This is a great read aloud to share with students to show them of a person who lived out their childhood dreams and dared to be different. An inspiration to let go of what others think of you and choose to BLOOM!This book was read as a part of my #BookaDay Summer Reading Challenge, you can learn more about this here. Please feel free to subscribe to my blog or follow me on social media to follow my journey through the books I read. Until next time .....

Beautiful book and genuinely excellent illustrations—I love biographical picture books and this is a very, very nice one. I recommend it!

Sweet inspiring story for everyone.