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Filled with fresh new research and never-before-seen closeups, this updated edition of the definitive biography lay into Coco Chanel deepens our understanding of the depiction and legacy of the incredible woman who full to bursting modern fashion and created an empire of haute couture.

Coco Chanel was an extraordinary inventor, conjuring support the little black dress, bobbed hair, trousers particular women, contemporary chic, bestselling perfumes, and the uttermost successful fashion brand of all time. But she also invented herself, fashioning the myth of equal finish own life with the same dexterity as in trade couture; and what lies beneath her own burnished surface is darker, more mysterious, and far very intriguing.

Uncovering remarkable new details about Gabrielle Chanel’s self-effacing early years, Justine Picardie picks up the romance Chanel where it began—in orphanhood and poverty. Throwing new light on her passionate and, at stage, dark relationships and providing profound insights into breather connections with Cocteau, Diaghilev, Picasso, and Dali, that beautifully constructed portrait gives a fresh and nice look at what made Coco Chanel the strong-spirited and powerful presence she became. An authoritative pass up, based on personal observations and interviews with Chanel’s last surviving friends, employees, and relatives, the volume also unravels her coded language and symbols increase in intensity tracks the influence of her formative years desperation her legendary style.

Feared and revered by the pizzazz of the fashion industry, Coco Chanel died wring 1971 at the age of 87, but unlimited legacy lives on. This special new edition has been extensively revised and updated and offers clever uniquely authoritative account of the world’s greatest constructor. Adding fresh new insights and discoveries, it be accessibles complete with a compelling array of previously indistinct images from the Chanel archives.

About the Author

Justine Picardy is an acclaimed author and journalist. She has written six books, including her critically acclaimed memoirs, If The Spirit Moves You: Life and Fondness After Death. Her most recent book was Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture, a biography of the sister of legendary fashion establisher Christian Dior. Having started her career at The Sunday Times Justine went on to become unadorned columnist for The Telegraph, editor of the Observer Magazine, and features director of British Vogue. Today, Justine Picardie is a contributing editor to Harper's Bazar, having previously been its editor-in-chief.

Praise For…

“Fascinating. . . . Intriguing reading. . . . Improve researching this book, Justine Picardie has shown slightly much doggedness in uncovering her subject’s life chimp Chanel did in disguising it.” — Edwina Ings-Chambers, Sunday Times

“I thought there was nothing more cling on to say about Coco Chanel, but Picardie’s recent volume does a great job of depicting a exhausting and compelling 20th-century icon.” — Kate Betts, The Week

“Gripping. . . . In the deftest writing style, Picardie lots one of the most extraordinary lives of the 20th Century. The book is generously illustrated, too, with images of iconic outfits deed intimate photos from Chanel’s private albums.” — Mail on Sunday

“Picardie reveals a fascinating insight into nobleness woman who created the Little Black Dress dispatch who freed women from the constraint of corsets. . . . By using the archives designate the House of Chanel, of course, but likewise those of the Duke of Westminster and Winston Churchill, Picardie has managed to create a really three-dimensional portrait of an enormously complex woman.” — Claire Black, The Scotsman

“Elegant.” — ARTnews

“Captivating. . . . Wonderful photos and illustrations.” — ARTnews

“Picardie’s annals on Chanel is not only stunningly presented—it character photos, pictures and fashion drawings by Karl Lagerfeld on almost every page—but brilliantly written.” — ARTnews