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Chanel

Paperback • 2012 • English

Chanel

4 Ratings • 4.8 of 5

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About the book

Using newly discovered documents, Lisa Chaney's controversial biography of Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel places the designer in her proper context, highlighting her far-reaching connections with modernism and its artists. Coco Chanel was many things to many people. Raised in emotional and financial poverty, she became one of the defining figures of the twentieth century. She was mistress to aristocrats, artists and spies. She broke rules of style and decorum, seducing both men and women, yet in her wo...Show more

Individual designers or design groups
History of design
Biography: general

Book details

ISBN

9780141036854

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd.

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

Chanel

Format

Paperback

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