Coco Chanel: An Intimate Life Paperback - 2012
by Chaney, Lisa
- Used
- Paperback
Unearthing an astonishing life, this remarkable biography shows how, more than any previous designer, Chanel became synonymous with a rebellious and progressive style. While uniquely highlighting the designer's far-reaching influence on the modern arts, Chaney's fascinating biography explores the origins, creative power, and secret suffering of this exceptional and often misread woman.
Description
Details
- Title Coco Chanel: An Intimate Life
- Author Chaney, Lisa
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used: Good
- Pages 496
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date 2012-11-27
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # SONG0143122126
- ISBN 9780143122128 / 0143122126
- Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 1.2 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 3.05 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Fashion designers - France, Chanel, Coco
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Summary
The controversial story of Chanel, the twentieth century's foremost fashion icon
Revolutionizing women's dress, Gabrielle "Coco' Chanel was the twentieth century's most influential designer. Her extraordinary and unconventional journey—from abject poverty to a new kind of glamour—helped forge the idea of modern woman.
Unearthing an astonishing life, this remarkable biography shows how, more than any previous designer, Chanel became synonymous with a rebellious and progressive style. Her numerous liaisons, whose poignant and tragic details have eluded all previous biographers, were the very stuff of legend. Witty and mesmerizing, she became muse, patron, or mistress to the century's most celebrated artists, including Picasso, Dalí, and Stravinsky.
Drawing on newly discovered love letters and other records, Chaney's controversial book reveals the truth about Chanel's drug habits, her lesbian affairs, and her German lover during World War II.
While uniquely highlighting the designer's far-reaching influence on the modern arts, Chaney's fascinating biography paints a more nuanced picture of Coco Chanel than any so far. Movingly, it explores the origins, the creative power, and the secret suffering of this exceptional and often misunderstood woman.
