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From one of Canada's most acclaimed biographers, a deliciously wicked and revealing look at five women who were icons of style:, Euge nie, Empress of France, Elinor Glyn, successful pulp novelist, Marlene Dietrich, the most imitated woman in the world, Wallis Simpson, the woman the King could not live without, and Jackie Kennedy, the enigmatic First Lady who influenced women's fashion for decades to come Marian Fowler takes us along as she peers into a great many wardrobes, hat boxes and jewel cases to reveal how these five extraordinary women wrote their life stories in the universal language of clothes.