Coco chanel book biography new
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Coco Chanel, New Edition: The Legend and the Life
Filled with fresh new research and never-before-seen photos, this updated edition of the definitive biography of Coco Chanel deepens our understanding of the history and legacy of the incredible woman who shaped modern fashion and created an empire of haute couture.
Coco Chanel was an extraordinary inventor, conjuring up the little black dress, bobbed hair, trousers for women, contemporary chic, bestselling perfumes, and the most successful fashion brand of all time. But she also invented herself, fashioning the myth of her own life with the same dexterity as her couture; and what lies beneath her own glossy surface is darker, more mysterious, and far more intriguing.
Uncovering remarkable new details about Gabrielle Chanel's humble early years, Justine Picardie picks up the legend Chanel where it began--in orphanhood and poverty. Throwing new light on her passionate and, at times, dark relationships and providing profound i
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The Life of Coco Chanel Explored Further in New Book
It’s been more than a decade since Justine Picardie released her book “Coco Chanel,” during which time interest in the late designer’s life and work has only seemed to expand.
The legacy of Chanel, carried on by Karl Lagerfeld, was explored in this year’s Costume Institute exhibit at the Met Museum in New York, a documentary called “Coco Chanel Unbuttoned” is out from the BBC and this fall the Victoria and Albert Museum in London is showing “Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto.” In the time since the 2010 release of “Coco Chanel,” Picardie’s access to Chanel’s life has expanded with new access to the Royal Archives, among others, which called for an updated new edition of her book, out now from HarperCollins.
Picardie, who was formerly the editor in chief of the U.K. editions of Harper’s Bazaar and Town and Country, has long
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Coco Chanel, New Edition: The Legend and the Life (Hardcover)
bygd Justine Picardie
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Filled with fresh new research and never-before-seen photos, this updated edition of the definitive biography of Coco Chanel deepens our understanding of the history and legacy of the incredible woman who shaped modern mode and created an empire of haute couture.
Coco Chanel was an extraordinary uppfinnare, conjuring up the little black dress, bobbed hair, trousers for women, contemporary chic, bestselling perfumes, and the most successful mode brand of all time. But she also invented herself, fashioning the myth of her own life with the same dexterity as her couture; and what lies beneath her own glossy surface fryst vatten darker, more mysterious, and far more intriguing.
Uncovering remarkable new details about Gabrielle Chanel’s humble early years, Justine Picardie picks up the legend Chanel where it began—in orphanhood and poverty.