Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life (New edition)
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Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life (New edition)
Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life (New edition)

Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life (New edition)

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Justine Picardie (Author)  

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Justine Picardie spent years puzzling over the truth about Coco Chanel, peeling away the accretions of romance and lies. Since its publication in 2010, hers has become the definitive Chanel biography. With a new foreword and previously unseen images, this new edition delves even deeper into the life and legacy of this eternally alluring woman. 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. 200 col illus
Justine Picardie is the author of five books, including her critically acclaimed memoir, 'If the Spirit Moves You', and has also contributed short stories and essays to several anthologies and books on fashion and photography. Formerly a journalist for the Sunday Times, features director of Vogue, editor of the Observer magazine, and a columnist for the Telegraph, she is now the editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar and Town & Country.
  • Contributor: Justine Picardie
  • Imprint: HarperCollins
  • ISBN13: 9780007318995
  • Number of Pages: 368
  • Packaged Dimensions: 163x228x31mm
  • Packaged Weight: 940
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Release Date: 2011-07-07
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Justine Picardie is the author of five books, including her critically acclaimed memoir, 'If the Spirit Moves You', and has also contributed short stories and essays to several anthologies and books on fashion and photography. Formerly a journalist for the Sunday Times, features director of Vogue, editor of the Observer magazine, and a columnist for the Telegraph, she is now the editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar and Town & Country.

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