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Coco Chanel
The much anticipated and beautifully illustrated Sunday Times Bestselling Biography Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life was first released to great critical acclaim in 2010. Now the paperback edition of Justine Picardies biography of the French fashion designer Gabrielle Chanel has arrived. The Mail on Sunday calls it gripping the Sunday Times declares it to be fascinating the Telegraph elegant and brilliant; while the Daily Mail hails it as a vividly told account in the style of Chanel herself. This is the definitive biography of a heroine who founded the most successful fashion label in history; a woman that transformed her life into a myth veiled in enigma and scandal; whose talent and innovation endures beyond her own pioneering sartorial creations. Coco Chanel: The Legend and the
Life was written by Justine Picardie as a celebration and investigation of Chanels phenomenal achievements. Shortlisted for the Galaxy National Book Awards selling over 50 000 copies thus far and now translated into 15 languages worldwide this eloquent biography has revealed the hidden secrets of the legendary Chanel. After a decade on the trail of previously unseen evidence left by Chanel the authors exploration of Chanels extraordinary life traces the emergence of an inventor and storyteller who rose above the poverty into which she was born. Following clues to Cocos early years in a convent and passionate love affairs with playboys artists and aristocrats Justine Picardie deftly weaves together the lost threads of Chanels life. In doing so she uncovers how an abandoned child came to
conjure up the iconic creations that were proudly worn by legends in their own right from Jackie Kennedy to Marilyn Monroe who famously declared that she went to bed in nothing but Chanel No.5. The pioneer of the little black dress bobbed hair and trousers for women Chanel was so much more than a couture aficionado; for in reinventing herself she was also to become one of the most influential women in history.
Life was written by Justine Picardie as a celebration and investigation of Chanels phenomenal achievements. Shortlisted for the Galaxy National Book Awards selling over 50 000 copies thus far and now translated into 15 languages worldwide this eloquent biography has revealed the hidden secrets of the legendary Chanel. After a decade on the trail of previously unseen evidence left by Chanel the authors exploration of Chanels extraordinary life traces the emergence of an inventor and storyteller who rose above the poverty into which she was born. Following clues to Cocos early years in a convent and passionate love affairs with playboys artists and aristocrats Justine Picardie deftly weaves together the lost threads of Chanels life. In doing so she uncovers how an abandoned child came to
conjure up the iconic creations that were proudly worn by legends in their own right from Jackie Kennedy to Marilyn Monroe who famously declared that she went to bed in nothing but Chanel No.5. The pioneer of the little black dress bobbed hair and trousers for women Chanel was so much more than a couture aficionado; for in reinventing herself she was also to become one of the most influential women in history.
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