EAN: 9780062074171

COCO CHANEL - JUSTINE PICARDIE KARTONIERT (TB)

Sleek. Chic. Notoriously guarded. Welcome to the secret world of Gabrielle Chanel. The story of
Chanel begins with an abandoned child  as lost as a girl in a dark fairy tale. Unveiling
remarkable new details about Gabrielle Chanel's early years in a convent orphanage and her
flight into unconventional adulthood  Justine Picardie explores what lies beneath the glossy
surface of a mythic fashion icon. 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. An authoritative account  based
on personal observations and interviews with Chanel's last surviving friends  employees and
relatives  it also unravels her coded language and symbols  and traces the influence of her
formative years on her legendary style. Feared and revered by the rest of the fashion industry
Coco Chanel died in 1971 at the age of eighty-seven  but her legacy lives on. Drawing on
unprecedented research  Justine Picardie brings her fascinating  enigmatic subject out of
hiding and uncovers the consequences of what Chanel covered up  unpicking the seams between
truth and myth in a story that reveals the true heart of fashion.

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