Chanel: Her life, her world, and the woman behind the legend she herself created

Description: Chanel by Nancy Amphoux, Edmonde Charles-Roux She revolutionized how women looked. She banned corsets, shortened skirts and scented the world with Chanel No.5. Gabrielle Coco Chanel was an icon. But how closely did her carefully moulded image match the truth? FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description ***Now the subject of a major sell-out exhibition at Londons Victoria & Albert Museum***She revolutionized how women looked. She banned corsets, shortened skirts and scented the world with Chanel No.5. Gabrielle Coco Chanel was an icon. But how closely did her carefully moulded image match the truth? Born illegitimate and raised in an orphanage - not by the two aunts that she invented - Gabrielle Chanel fought constantly to escape the mundane. She rose from back-street milliner to become the head of a vast business empire, and socialised with Picasso, Stravinsky and Cocteau. Edmonde Charles-Roux also reveals one of Chanels best-kept secrets - her love affair with a prodigal German spy.Chanels legend did not fade with her death, and nor has the mark of sheer elegance that she left upon the world of fashion. This is the living woman behind the vibrant legend. Back Cover She revolutionised the way women looked. She persuaded them to throw away their corsets, shorten their skirts, bob their hair, and scent their world with Chanel No. 5. Shrewd and secretive, intelligent and independent, Gabrielle Coco Chanel was to become an icon. But how closely did her carefully moulded image match the truth? Born in a poorhouse, raised in an orphanage - not by the two aunts that she herself invented - she fought from a young age to escape obscurity. Developing a love of luxury and a sense of fashion as a wealthy mans mistress, she rose from back-street milliner to become the head of a vast business empire, where she socialised with Picasso, Stravinsky and Jean Cocteau. Charles-Roux also reveals one of Chanels best kept secrets - her love affair with a wartime spy. Chanels legend did not fade with her death, and nor has the mark of sheer elegance that she left upon the world of fashion. This is an unmatchable portrait of the living woman behind the vibrant legend. Author Biography Edmonde Charles-Roux served as a nurse and a Resistance worker in World War II, before beginning a career as a journalist writing for Elle and Paris Match. For twelve years she was Editor-in-Chief of the French edition of Vogue. She has written another biography, Don Juan of Austria, and two novels, Elle, Adrienne and To Forget Palermo, which won the Prix Goncourt. Table of Contents Acknowledgements. Foreword. Origins 1792-1883. Gabrielles youth 1884-1903. A False Start 1903-1905. The Keepers and the Kept 1906-1914. The Foundations of an Empire 1914-1919. The Slavic Period 1920-1925. A Victorian Illusion and its Aftermath 1925-1933. Of Divers Dances 1933-1940. The German Period 1940-1945. First Epilogue 1945-1952. Second Epilogue 1953-1971. Notes. Index. Review Chanels life was extraordinary, varied, full, perverse and like all good stories, full of dramatic reversals and successes Margaret Drabble. * Margaret Drabble *A fascinating, intimate, merciless, but ultimately sympathetic portrait… Even for those with only the slightest interest in fashion this is a beautifully written, highly entertaining biography Guardian. * Guardian *This biography delves far into the past, unraveling the mysteries that Chanel herself worked to create…its a beautifully honest yet surprisingly unforgiving portrait of a woman often outshone by her own legend Observer. * Observer * Long Description She revolutionized how women looked. She banned corsets, shortened skirts and scented the world with Chanel No.5. Gabrielle Coco Chanel was an icon. But how closely did her carefully moulded image match the truth? Born illegitimate and raised in an orphanage - not by the two aunts that she invented - Gabrielle Chanel fought constantly to escape the mundane. She rose from back-street milliner to become the head of a vast business empire, and socialised with Picasso, Stravinsky and Cocteau. Edmonde Charles-Roux also reveals one of Chanels best-kept secrets - her love affair with a prodigal German spy.Chanels legend did not fade with her death, and nor has the mark of sheer elegance that she left upon the world of fashion. This is the living woman behind the vibrant legend. Review Quote This biography delves far into the past, unraveling the mysteries that Chanel herself worked to create…its a beautifully honest yet surprisingly unforgiving portrait of a woman often outshone by her own legend Observer. Details ISBN1906694249 Year 2009 Translator Nancy Amphoux ISBN-10 1906694249 ISBN-13 9781906694241 Format Paperback Publication Date 2009-06-04 Imprint MacLehose Press Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from French Media Book DEWEY 746.92092 Place of Publication London Illustrations Illustrations Publisher Quercus Publishing Pages 464 Subtitle Her life, her world, and the woman behind the legend she herself created Short Title Chanel Language English UK Release Date 2009-06-04 Narrator Llewella Gideon Affiliation Chair of Penology, University of Edinburgh Position Chair of Penology Author Edmonde Charles-Roux Audience General NZ Release Date 2010-12-31 AU Release Date 2010-12-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:151539515;

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