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Coco Chanel : the legend and the life
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Coco Chanel : the legend and the life
AUTHOR:
Picardie, Justine
ISBN:
9780061963858
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : HarperCollins, 2010
PHYSICAL_DESC:
343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS:
Mademoiselle is at home -- Gabrielle -- In the shadow of the cross -- Coco -- Courtesans and camellias -- The double C -- The little black dress -- Misia and the muse -- Number five -- The Russians -- The Duke of Westminster -- Riviera chic -- The woman in white -- The promised land -- Diamonds as big as the Ritz -- Through a glass, darkly -- The comeback -- Celebrity Chanel -- Scissors -- La grande mademoiselle.
ABSTRACT:
Peels away the layers of romance and myth to reveal the woman who shaped modern fashion, drawing from research in the Chanel archives and an exclusive interview with Chanel's successor, Karl Lagerfeld.
SUBJECT:
Chanel, Coco, 1883-1971
Women fashion designers -- France -- Biography
Fashion designers -- France -- Biography
BIBSUMMARY:
Peels away the layers of romance and myth to reveal the woman who shaped modern fashion, drawing from research in the Chanel archives and an exclusive interview with Chanel's successor, Karl Lagerfeld.