书目

Coco Chanel：The Legend and the Life

内容简介

ThestoryofChanelbeginswithanabandonedchild,aslostasagirlinadarkfairytale.UnveilingremarkablenewdetailsaboutGabrielleChanel'searlyyearsinaconventorphanage,andherflightintounconventionaladulthood,JustinePicardieexploreswhatliesbeneaththeglossysurfaceofamythicfashionicon.Throwingnewlightonherpassionateandturbulentrelationships,thisbeautifullyconstructedportraitgivesafreshandpenetratinglookathowCocoChanelmadeherselfintoherownmostpowerfulcreation.Anauthoritativeaccount,basedonpersonalobservationsandinterviewswithChanel'slastsurvivingfriends,employees,andrelatives,italsounravelshercodedlanguageandsymbols,andtracestheinfluenceofherformativeyearsonherlegendarystyle.Fearedandreveredbytherestofthefashionindustry,CocoChaneldiedin1971attheageofeighty-seven.Butherlegacyliveson.JustinePicardiebringsGabrielleChaneloutofhidinganduncoverstheconsequencesofwhatChanelcoveredup,unpickingtheseamsbetweentruthandmythinastorythatrevealsthetrueheartoffashion.

作者简介

JustinePicardieistheauthoroffourbooks,includinghercriticallyacclaimedmemoirIftheSpiritMovesYouandhermostrecentnovel,Daphne.TheformerfeaturesdirectorofBritishVogueandeditoroftheObservermagazine,sheiscurrentlyafashioncolumnistfortheSundayTelegraph,andalsowritesforseveralothernewspapersandmagazines,includingHarper'sBazaarandtheTimesofLondon.ShelivesinLondonwithhertwosons.

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