About this title: Chanel. The name means fashion and perfume, emancipation and casual feminine allure. Gabrielle Chanel began as a kept woman making hats for her lover's other mistresses and went on to become fashion's greatest career woman. She never married or had children, but men like Igor Stravinsky and the Duke of Westminster abandoned their families for her. Now Axel Madsen tells Chanel's story. Scheduled to become a TV miniseries starring Jane Seymour. 32 illustrations.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good Plus. 1.11 x 8.96 x 6.01. Spine uncreased, interior clean, first page creased, some rubbing to covers and bit of roll to fore edge of front cover. read more
Edition: First Edition ~1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt Publ, New York
Date Published: 1991
Description: Bio of fashion icon Coco Chanel, good in good jacket, in fresh mylar cover; minor edgewear and rubbing to jacket, heavy rubbing to board edges, considerable soiling to pageblock edges, lite spine lean else a tight unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
Date Published: 1991-09-01
ISBN-13:9780805016390ISBN:0805016392
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780805016390. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780805016390ISBN:0805016392
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Edition: First
Binding: First
Publisher: H. Holt, New York
Date Published: c1990
ISBN-13:9780805009613ISBN:0805009612
Description: very good, very good. 24 cm, 388, illus., references, index. Coco Chanel was the most successful career woman of her era, and her name is still synonymous with perfume and women's fashion. She never married or had children, but men like Igor Stravinsky and the Duke of Westminster abandoned their families for her. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780805009613ISBN:0805009612
Description: Fine in Good jacket. This Stated First Edition book is in fine condition. The binding is tight and pages are clean. It appears to have not been read. The dust jacket is in good to condition with bumps, scuffs and small edge chips. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780805009613ISBN:0805009612
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. HC, DJ WORN SOME, 1990 PRINTING (OUT OF PRINT), A VERY GOOD CLEAN COPY, COVER AND TEXT LOOK NEW, NO MARKS IN OR OUT, NEXT DAY SHIPPING. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 388 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very good; Collectible. First owl books edition. No writings/underlines/highlights. Pages are very nice and clean. Free track. Fast! Satisfaction guaranteed! read more
"I didn't finish this one, just to warn you. Maybe one day when I have more time on my hands. It was a little too wordy. Lot's of information, which is good as far as biographies go. I will say that I found a few similarities between Chanel and Edith Head, of all people. Both came from strange family backgrounds, both driven to the point of severity and both chronic liars. Hm."
"Although I was initially reluctant to read a book about a 'fashion' person, I found this woman to be quite interesting. She certainly knew her own mind and acted on it in her personal and professional life. She did things her way,and whether you agree with her actions or not, you have to admire the firmness of her convictions."
"If you like biographies and you're at all interested in fashion, you will adore this book! Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel changed the way women dress forever with her simple, modern approach to clothing. Things we take for granted today like the little black dress, sling back shoes, the quilted bag, a suit, and a long strand of pearls, all exist simply because Chanel was wholly original and willing to take risks. She had no money, but she always had influence because she believed in herself completely. The fact that she came from absolutely nothing and created a huge life for herself (the one she always believed she deserved in the first place) is truly inspirational. The fact that the "Chanel" style still has tremendous influence on the way we wear and think about clothing, is simply fabulous! Tres Chic!!"
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