Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History

Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History
ISBN-10
0812981855
ISBN-13
9780812981858
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
576
Language
English
Published
2015-07-09
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Author
Rhonda K. Garelick

Description

"Drawing on the Chanel archives, extensive interviews, and her own background as an author with a Yale PhD in French and comparative literature who covers fashion, performance, art, and cultural politics, Garelick shows how Coco Chanel's fashions reflected the historical and cultural crosscurrents around her"--Library Journal.

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