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KAREN KARBO, CHESLEY MCLAREN - The Gospel According to Coco Chanel. Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman

Title: The Gospel According to Coco Chanel. Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman
Description: Skirt!, 2009. Linnen band met stofomslag. Pp: 240. A modern look at the life of a legendary fashion icon"with practical life lessons for women of all ages Delving into the long, extraordinary life of renowned French fashion designer Coco Chanel, Karen Karbo has written a new kind of self-help book, exploring Chanel`s philosophy on a range of universal themes"from style to passion, from money and success to femininity and living life on your own terms.  Born in 1883 in a poorhouse in southern France, Chanel grew up to be the woman who not only gave us the little black dress and boxy jackets, but also bestowed upon women a chic freedom that helped usher them into the modern era. Elegant, opinionated, and passionate, she was the only fashion icon among TIME magazine`s 100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century.  The Gospel According to Coco Chanel is a captivating, offbeat look at style, celebrity, and self-invention"all held together with droll Chanel-style commentary and culled from an examination of Chanel`s difficult childhood and triumphant adulthood, passionate love affairs, and eccentricities. Warner Brothers set to release a major motion picture on this subject, Coco Before Chanel, in Fall 2009. ISBN: 9781599215235. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

Keywords: 9781599215235

Price: EUR 11.00 = appr. US$ 11.96 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 370299

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