Dressed by Chanel and Yves St Laurent, painted by Salvador Dali and Picasso and mingling with Colette and Proust, Helena Rubinstein not only enjoyed unbelievable success, but was also instrumental in empowering and liberating women. This is her story.
She understood women. She understood beauty. And she started a revolution. The amazing rags to riches story of Helena Rubinstein
'Required reading' Vogue
'This vivid account pops with fascinating detail and reads like fiction. Wonderfully, it isn't' Elle
'The lively prose brings life to Rubinstein’s “impossible character,” tyrannical and tender by turns, and appeals to readers’ taste for scandal without turning its subject into a caricature' Publisher's Weekly
