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Title: COCO CHANEL
THE LEGEND AND THE LIFE
By: Justine Picardie, Cassandra Harwood
Format: Downloadable audio file

List price: £14.49


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ISBN 10: 0007377371
ISBN 13: 9780007377374
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
Pub. date: 16 September, 2010
Edition: Unabridged edition
Description: Justine Picardie has spent the last decade puzzling over the truth about Coco Chanel, attempting to peel away the accretions of romance and lies. In this full-scale biography we finally discover the history of the incredible woman who created the way we look now.
Synopsis: Justine Picardie has spent the last decade puzzling over the truth about Coco Chanel, attempting to peel away the accretions of romance and lies. In this full-scale biography we finally discover the history of the incredible woman who created the way we look now.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.
Illustrations: 200 col illus
Publication: UK
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Prizes: Short-listed for Galaxy National Book Awards: Tesco Biography of the Year 2010
Returns: Non-returnable
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