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Author:

Picardie, Justine.

Title:

Coco Chanel : the legend and the life / Justine Picardie.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

it booksHarperCollins,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

343 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Chanel, Coco,--1883-1971.
Women fashion designers--France--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 338) and index.

Contents:

Mademoiselle is at home -- Gabrielle -- In the shadow of the cross -- Coco -- Courtesans and camellias -- The double -- 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 -- La grande mademoiselle.

Summary:

Reveals the woman who shaped modern fashion, drawing from research in the Chanel archives and an exclusive interview with Chanel's successor, Karl Lagerfeld.

ISBN:

0061963852
9780061963858

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

AGPE046 -- Drake Public Library (Centerville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)