Friday essay: Chanel's complex legacy
She was an illegitimate child, born into a poorhouse and abandoned in an orphanage, but Coco Chanel rose from unimaginable poverty to create the most iconic fashion brand of the 20th century, The House of Chanel. With steely ambition, she took advantage of wealthy lovers, rose to the top in a male-dominated world, and created a style of clothing that changed the face of women’s fashion forever.. Airs Friday, September 18, 2015 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV
EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN: Coco Chanel
The amazing true life of model, muse, spy Toto Koopman, by author Jean-Noel Liaut. Six chapter preview by Rizzoli Ex Libris.
Many Lives Of Miss K, ISBN 9780847841295 by Rizzoli International
Met Gala: Rihanna, Jared Leto as Choupette, Kim K. in pearls – KGET 17
Opening this Saturday, Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto is the first UK exhibition dedicated to the work of French couturière, Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel, charting the evolution of her iconic design style and the establishment of the House of CHANEL, from the opening of her first millinery boutique in Paris in 1910 to the showing of her final collection in 1971
Pioneering Fashion Designer Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel EXHIBITION at
Fashion by and for Women
It’s the women’s wardrobe staple that always captures the spirit of the times. Katya Foreman examines the perennial popularity of the Little Black Dress.
The dress that's always in style
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SEVEN WONDERS: HOW COCO CHANEL CHANGED THE COURSE OF WOMEN'S
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