Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History

Author: Garelick, Rhonda K.Brand: Random House Trade PaperbacksColor: MulticolorEdition: NO-VALUEBinding: PaperbackNumber Of Pages: 624Release Date: 14-07-2015Part Number: 9780812981858Details: NATIONAL BESTSELLER Certain lives are at once so exceptional, and yet so in step with their historical moments, that they illuminate cultural forces far beyond the scope of a single person. Such is the case with Coco Chanel, whose life offers one of the most fascinating tales of the twentieth century—throwing into dramatic relief an era of war, fashion, ardent nationalism, and earth-shaking change—here brilliantly treated, for the first time, with wide-ranging and incisive historical scrutiny. Coco Chanel transformed forever the way women dressed. Her influence remains so pervasive that to this day we can see her afterimage a dozen times while just walking down a single street: in all the little black dresses, flat shoes, costume jewelry, cardigan sweaters, and tortoiseshell eyeglasses on wome