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Chanel

Charles-Roux, Edmonde

Harpercollins

Distinguishes between the actual and projected lives and personalities of the world-famous, revolutionary couturiere, chronicling her illegitimate birth, her love affairs, her rise in the world of fashion, and her remarkable comeback at age seventy-one

Chanel: Her Life, Her World, and the Woman Behind the Legend She Herself Created

JONATHAN CAPE.

To forget Palermo: A novel;

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

1998 Explores the life and definitive style of Coco Channel.

Chanel and her world

Arts & Photography

Graphic Design

Chanel and Her World

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Weidenfeld &Nicholson

Chanel: Her Life, Her World, and the Woman Behind the Legend She Herself Created (English and French Edition)

Alfred.A. Knopf

Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel is an icon of fashion, and can lay claim to having invented the look of the 20th century. At the height of the Belle Epoque, she stripped women of their corsets and feathers, bobbed their hair, put them in bathing suits and sent them out to get tanned in the sun. She introduced the little black dress; trousers for women; costume jewelry; the exquisitely comfortable suit that became her trademark. Early in the Roaring Twenties, Chanel made the first ever couture perfume - No. 5 - presenting it in the famous little square-cut flagon that, inspired by Picasso and Cubism, became the arch symbol of the Art Deco style. No. 5 remains the most popular scent ever created. Chanel knew instinctively that the road to success lay in being absolutely at one with her own time. And what a time! The era of Picasso, Diaghilev, Stravinsky, Cocteau, Jean Renoir, Visconti - all of whom 'Coco' knew and collaborated with, even as she matched their modernist innovations by liberating women from the prison of 19th-century fashion and creating a whole new concept of elegance. Chanel went everywhere and knew everyone and, as this sumptuously illustrated volume clearly shows, her life and accomplishment - even her chronic failure in love - constitute one of the great stories of the modern age. Her life is eminently suited to the lavish visual treatment of this handsome volume, which features more than 600 illustrations from an extraordinary collection amassed over the years by Edmonde Charles-Roux, Chanel's official biographer and close friend. An authoritative and practised writer, Charles-Roux has used careful research and vivid eyewitness accounts to set the pictures in their context of time and place. She makes Chanel live again!

The World of Coco Chanel /anglais

Reference

Thames&Hudson

Details: CHANEL AND HER WORLD Vintage Book Edmonde Charles Roux VENDOME PRESS Issues: Jacket cover is curled and torn. The book pages/paper aspect is in good condition; however, many if not most of the pages have yellowing/discoloration. Despite this issue, this is a fantastic book about Chanel.

Chanel and Her World (English and French Edition)

The Vendome Press

Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883–1971) is a fashion icon unlike any other. She invented modern clothing for women: at the height of the Belle Époque, she stripped women of their corsets and feathers, bobbed their hair, put them in bathing suits, and sent them out to get tanned in the sun. She introduced slacks, costume jewelry, and the exquisitely comfortable suit. She made the first couture perfume―No. 5―which remains the most popular scent ever created. In this beautiful volume, the glorious life of the incomparable Coco Chanel shines again through hundreds of illustrations and the lively prose of Edmonde Charles-Roux, her official biographer and close friend. Chanel knew and collaborated with the likes of Picasso, Diaghilev, Stravinsky, Cocteau, Jean Renoir, and Visconti―even as she matched their modernist innovations by liberating women from the prison of 19th-century fashion and introducing a whole new concept of elegance. The staggering collection of photographs amassed by the author over decades of friendship with Chanel sheds new light on one of the great stories of the modern age. “A model pictorial biography.” ~ New York Times “This Chanel biography is as elegantly turned out as its subject.” ~ The Washington Post “This lavish photo tome brings depth to Chanel’s sleek façade while revealing the fascinating woman behind it.” ~ W “Edmonde Charles-Roux (is) one of (Chanel’s) best biographers.” ~ The New Yorker “There have been many books about Chanel, but this is the great classic.” ~ Art of the Times “This beautiful volume contains hundreds of photographs and lively prose by its author, Edmonde Charles-Roux.” ~ American Salon “Provides insight into the development of her sense of style and underscores the timelessness of her vision.” ~ Veranda

Humor & Entertainment

Vendome Press

L'irrégulière: Ou, Mon itinéraire Chanel (French Edition)

Foreign Language Study & Reference

B. Grasset

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