Chanel: The Couturiere at Work

by Amy de La Haye, Shelley Tobin

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'Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only; fashion is something in the air.' - Coco Chanel This is a fascinating account of one of the most admired and influential fashion designers of all time. The focus is on Chanel the couturiere and her immense influence on the way women choose to dress in the modern world. The story is brought up to date with a final chapter based on an interview with Karl Lagerfeld.… (more)

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This catalogue on Coco Chanel is a serious but less inspiring thing done by the Viktoria & Albert Museum 1994. If you like Chanel you will get it anyway. Coco Chanel was full of absolutly great new ideas and financed many exiled russian artists like Diaghilev and his Ballets Russes. (

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Loire Valley, France

Deauville, Calvados, Normandy, France

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'Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only; fashion is something in the air.' - Coco Chanel This is a fascinating account of one of the most admired and influential fashion designers of all time. The focus is on Chanel the couturiere and her immense influence on the way women choose to dress in the modern world. The story is brought up to date with a final chapter based on an interview with Karl Lagerfeld.

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