Chanel: Her Life

Chanel: Her Life by Justine Picardie. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9783869302621.

Coco Chanel (1883-1971) is one of the twentieth centurys most captivating personalities and a defining figure in fashion history. Yet whoever attempts to understand Chanels life is confronted by countless myths, half-truths and rumours. In this book Justine Picardie discovers the woman behind the legend, and tells Chanels story with a flair and clarity of which Coco herself would approve. Chanel - Her Life explores every facet of Chanels 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 Chanels style to be the outcome of rigorous elegance, resolute self-belief and a determinedly unconventional stance. Picardie was granted access to Chanels 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