Chanel

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In Chanel: An Intimate Life" acclaimed biographer Lisa Chaney tells the controversial story of the fashion icon who starred in her tumultuous era. Coco Chanel was many things to many people. Raised in emotional & financial poverty she became one of the defining figures of the twentieth century. She was mistress to aristocrats artists & spies. She broke rules of style & decorum seducing both men & women yet in her work expected the highest standards. She took a plaything & turned it into a global industry which defined the modern woman. Filled with new insights & thrilling discoveries Lisa Chaneys " Chanel" provides the most defining & provocative portrait yet. " Chaneys research is laudable uncovering fresh details of Chanels well-trodden rag trade to riches story". (" Evening Standard"). " An unflinching examination of the historically inscrutable designer". (" Vogue"). Lisa Chaney has lectured & tutored in the history of art & literature made TV & radio broadcasts on the history of culture & reviewed & written for journals & newspapers including " The Sunday Times" the " Spectator" & the " Guardian". She is the author of two previous biographies: " Elizabeth David" & " Hide-&-Seek With Angels: The Life of J.M. Barrie"."