The legendary Gabriel ("Coco") Chanel (1883-1971) is precisely that for the simple reason that her life and accomplishment - even her chronic failure in love - constitute one of the great stories of the modern age. Born into the French peasantry and then raised in a convent orphanage, Chanel grew up an authentic beauty with a gift for fashion, social trends, and business that enabled her literally to invent the look of the 20th century as well as its fragrance. She also had a profound effect upon both its art and culture, ...
Read More
The legendary Gabriel ("Coco") Chanel (1883-1971) is precisely that for the simple reason that her life and accomplishment - even her chronic failure in love - constitute one of the great stories of the modern age. Born into the French peasantry and then raised in a convent orphanage, Chanel grew up an authentic beauty with a gift for fashion, social trends, and business that enabled her literally to invent the look of the 20th century as well as its fragrance. She also had a profound effect upon both its art and culture, using her immense wealth, wit, and social access to support Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, the plays of Jean Cocteau, the music of Igor Stravinsky, and the poems of Pierre Reverdy. Bit by bit, this fearless young genius stripped women of their corsets and feathers, bobbed their hair as well as their skirts, put them in bathing suits, and sent them out to get tanned in the sun. She introduced slacks, dark-toed sling pumps, the "little black dress, " quilted handbags, and the braid-trimmed, brass-buttoned two-piece suit that became her trademark. As for the fabulous costume jewelry, she piled it on mainly because of its power to make simplicity look glorious. Early in the 1920s Chanel launched the first couture perfume - No. 5 - bottled in the famous square-cut flacon, a Cubist-inspired Art Deco icon. She was the first haute-couture designer to work in ballet, theatre, and even film, beginning with a stint in Hollywood for Sam Goldwyn and moving on to Jean Renoir, Lucchino Visconti, and Alain Resnais.
Read Less
Add this copy of Chanel. Joaillerie to cart. $8.47, fair condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Assouline (éditions).
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Fair. No dust jacket, Spine of the cover is starting to detach from the pages and the cover has some damage to the outter spine from handling or shelf wear. Over 500, 000 Internet Orders FIlled.
Add this copy of Chanel (Universe of Fashion) to cart. $9.00, very good condition, Sold by Chaparral Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Universe Publishing.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8x6x0; Hardcover book 9"x6"x0.5". The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover. 79pp.
Add this copy of Chanel (Magier Der Mode) to cart. $12.50, very good condition, Sold by The Book Den rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Barbara, CA, UNITED STATES, published by Schirmer/Mosel. Text in German..
Add this copy of Chanel (Universe of Fashion) to cart. $12.50, good condition, Sold by Fact or Fiction rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Mount Pleasant, SC, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Universe Publishing.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good in Good jacket. Book With dustjacket. No writing or highlighting. Closed tear on the bottom edge of the back of the dustjacket. Light yellowing of the edges of the dustjacket. Shelfwear. Pictures available.
Add this copy of Chanel (Universe of Fashion) to cart. $61.74, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Universe Publishing.
Add this copy of Chanel: Fashion/ Fine Jewellery/ Perfume (Set of 3 to cart. $85.81, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by Assouline.
Add this copy of Chanel to cart. $184.28, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2003 by Editions Assouline.
