Coco Chanel

Justine Picardie has spent the last decade puzzling over the truth about Coco Chanel, attempting to peel away the accretions of romance and lies. In this beautifully illustrated, impeccably written full-scale biography we finally discover the history of the incredible woman who created the way we look now. Coco Chanel was an extraordinary inventor - she conjured up the little black dress, bobbed hair, trousers for women, contemporary chic, best-selling 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. While Chanel was supreme innovator and vendor of all things elegant and beautiful, what lies beneath her own glossy myth is far darker. Throwing new light on her passionate and turbulent relationships, this beautifully constructed portrait gives a fresh and penetrating look at how Coco Chanel made herself into her own most powerful creation. Justine Picardie brings the mysterious Gabrielle Chanel out of hiding, to celebrate her great achievements. She examines Chanel's enduring afterlife, as well as her remarkable life, uncovering the consequences of what she covered up, unpicking the seams between truth and legend, yet keeping intact the real fabric of her past.

Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life

Arts & Photography

Justine Picardie

Graphic Design

Harpercollins

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-08-29 Pages: 336 Language: English Justine Picardie has spent the last decade puzzling over the truth about Coco Chanel. attempting to peel away the accretions of romance and lies In this critically acclaimed. bestselling biography she. shares the history of the incredible woman who created the way we look now.Coco Chanel was an extraordinary inventor - she conjured up the little black dress. bobbed hair. trousers for women. contemporary chic. best-selling 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.While Chanel was supreme innovator and vendor of all things elegant and beautiful. what lies beneath her own glossy myth is far darker . Throwing new light on her passionate and turbulent relationships. this beautifully constructed ...

China Press

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Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Picador

If the Spirit Moves You

Self-Help

Death & Grief

Pan/Macmillan

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Daphne

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Macmillan

Wish I May

Dior in Bloom (Chinese Edition)

Alain Stella

Naomi Sachs

Jérôme Hanôver

Flammarion

Coco Chanel (1883-1971) is one of the twentieth century's most captivating personalities and a defining figure in fashion history. Yet whoever attempts to understand Chanel's life is confronted by countless myths, half-truths and rumours. In this book Justine Picardie discovers the woman behind the legend, and tells Chanel's story with a flair and clarity of which Coco herself would approve. Chanel - Her Life explores every facet of Chanel's universe: her fascinating private life as well as the famous icons of her fashion empire - the tweed jacket, the little black dress, N° 5 perfume, the pearls, the camellia€¦ The result is a comprehensive biography that reveals Chanel's style to be the outcome of rigorous elegance, resolute self-belief and a determinedly unconventional stance. Picardie was granted access to Chanel's archives and is the first author to have examined previously undiscovered private archives in the United Kingdom and France; and this unique knowledge underpins C

Chanel: Her Life

Photography & Video

Steidl

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