Chanel: The Enigma

Chanel: The Enigma

This new biography offers unprecedented insight into Coco Chanelâ€™s complex and enigmatic life and features previously unpublished information and images. Coco Chanel continues to beguile more than four decades after her death; her life and work are a source of enduring fascination. Chanel expert Isabelle Fiemeyer unveils the mysteries that have surrounded the private and public figure by piecing together new research with accounts from Chanelâ€™s intimate friends and relatives, artists, writers, photographers, directors, actors, scholars, and those who worked with her inside the House of Chanel. The author describes Chanelâ€™s carefully crafted persona and then gradually elucidates each layer of intrigue that surrounded the great fashion designer to reveal the woman behind the enigma. Her life was marked by suffering that stemmed from affronts, an absent father, abandonment, and death, but also by vitally positive forcesâ€”her idealized childhood, collaborations with the worldâ€™s greatest artists, and her permanently hypnotic, albeit staged, presence. Her life and work became inextricably linked and remain endlessly captivating. While the myth surrounding Chanel was extolled, perpetuated, and modulated by some, others twisted it, reviling and vilifying the designer, denouncing her as dispassionate and criticizing her for her poor relationship with her family, her mistakes, and her role during the war. Offering fresh revelations about Chanelâ€™s life, this handsome volume includes photographs and previously unpublished material, as well as new documents from the wartime period.
Country USA
Brand FLAMMARION
Manufacturer Flammarion
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 23069346
Color White
ReleaseDate 2016-09-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9782080202239

Country	USA
Brand	FLAMMARION
Manufacturer	Flammarion
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	23069346
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2016-09-06
UnitCount	1
EANs	9782080202239

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