Chanel (Fashion Memoir Series) by Francois Baudot (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Chanel-Fashi...ords=0500017204&qid=1594083383&s=books&sr=1-1 79 pages, about 13 pages of text, accompanied by lots of photos and sketches. Chanel is a fashion word that everyone knows: the epitome of taste, glamour and style. Founded in the '20s by the legendary Coco Chanel, the House of Chanel continues to fuel fashion to this day. This book illustrates in colour the trademarks of Chanel style - the little black dress, the instantly recognizable Chanel suit, the glittering costume jewelry - and explores the outstanding career of the woman who credited her success to having been in the right place at the right time. ________________________________________ Like a tale from The Arabian Nights, Chanel's life story is one of magical transformations. She had five distinct lives (five being without a doubt her lucky number), and while each one does not spring directly from the one before, they were nevertheless connected by one continuous thread which stretched from the beginning of this century to the end: style. The Chanel look was to survive all the changing dictates of fashion. Its principles were order, poise and good taste, as distinct from 'tastefulness'. Chanel No. I came into the world by accident on 19 August 1883 in Saumur. Her father was a pedlar; her mother, a peasant woman, died young. With no identity papers to bear witness to her beginnings, the origins of this very first Chanel, Gabrielle Chanel, remain shrouded in mystery. She attended a convent in Aubazine where she was made to wear black by the nuns. Under these echoing Cistercian vaults she plied her needle and learned the ways of silence: austerity, good manners and solitude. Aubazine, in Correze, was still in the Middle Ages but the twentieth century was knocking at the door. Hidden Content: **Hidden Content: Content of this hidden block can only be seen by Gold Members(click for instructions) after they click 'Like'.**
