CoCo Chanel 可可香奈尔

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.

JUSTINE PICARDIE is the author of four books, including her critically acclaimed memoir, If The Spirit Moves You. The former features director of British Vogue, she is currently a fashion columnist for Stella, and also writes for several other newspapers and magazines, including the Sunday Telegraph, Harpers Bazaar and Red. She lives in London with her two sons.

MADEMOISELLE  IS  AT  HOME   
GABRIELLE
IN  THE  SHADOW  OF  THE  CROSS   
COCO 
COURTESANS  AND  CAMELLIAS   
THE  DOUBLEC   
THE LITTLE BLACK DRESS 
MISIA  AND  THE  MUSE   
NUMBER FIVE 
THE RUSSIANS 
THE  DUKE  OF  WESTMINSTER   
RIVIERA CHIC 
THE WOMAN IN WHITE 
THE  PROMISED  LAND   
DIAMONDS AS BIG AS THE RITZ 
THROUGH  A  GLASS,  DARKLY   
THE  COMEBACK   
CELEBRITY CHANEL 
SCISSORS
LAGRANDE MADEMOISELLE 
PICTURE CREDITS 
BIBLIOGRAPHY 
INDEX 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS