000			02010 a2200193 4500
020			_a9780008595739
082			_a746.92092 PIC
100			_aPicardie, Justine
245			_aCoco Chanel : The Legend and the Life
260			_aLondon _bHarperCollins Publishers _c2023
300			_a366
520			_aSleek. Chic. Notoriously Guarded. Welcome To The Secret World Of Coco Chanel. Justine Picardie's definitive biography explores the dark mysteries hidden beneath the shimmering surface of a fabled fashion icon. Unveiling remarkable details about Coco Chanel's traumatic childhood and her flight into unconventional adulthood, this beautifully constructed portrait reveals her passionate and painful past, her turbulent loves and losses, her quest for fame and fortune, and how she transformed herself into her own most powerful creation. Feared and revered by her contemporaries, Chanel died in 1971, but her legacy lives on as an enduring global brand. Drawing on interviews with Chanel's last surviving friends and relatives, and unprecedented archival research, Justine Picardie brings her out of hiding, unpicking the seams between reality and myth, and telling a timeless story that uncovers the true art and heart of fashion. This special new edition has been extensively revised and updated, and offers a uniquely authoritative account of the greatest designer in the world. Adding fresh insights and discoveries, it comes complete with a compelling array of previously unseen images from the Chanel archives. "The French fashion icon finds a shrewd and sympathetic interpreter in Justine Picardie this handsome volume cleverly blends the life and afterlife of the enigma who became a brand' Independent 'Gripping... In the deftest prose, Picardie plots one of the most extraordinary lives of the 20th century' Mail on Sunday
600			_aChanel, Coco
650			_aWomen Fashion Designers
650			_aFashion Designers
650			_aFrance
650			_aBiography
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