This is a well-researched book that clearly delineates the life of Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel - the rags-to-riches story of a girl born into peasantry in rural France just before the turn of the last century. What Gortner brings to this task, aside from being a seasoned novelist who writes about the past, is his training in design and experience in the fashion industry. Gortner, a well-loved author of historical fiction, brings us the latest attempt to understand the elusive Coco in his novel Mademoiselle Chanel. In the past five years alone, several biographies and biopics have been released. This is a difficult question to answer, and numerous attempts have been made. Even now, in the androgynous look found on runway models and the casual, chic, je ne sais quoi (I just got out of bed but still look stunning) image trending in fashion magazines and blogs, Coco Chanel is everywhere.īut what are we to make of her? What are we to make of this woman who knew, well ahead of her time, that “the eccentricity should be in the woman not the dress”? 5 perfume in the sailor-striped T-shirt, wide-legged trousers, layers of pearls, and boucle suits with pencil skirts. She is everywhere: in the little black dress, and the No. Her look and her legacy seem to have the uncanny ability to transcend time.
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