Chanel: Icons of Fashion - Michael O'Neill

The Fashion Icons Chanel book is the story of a young girl who transformedherself from an impoverished orphan to one of the wealthiest and most famouswomen in the world and the book features images and photographs of Chanel'smany iconic contributions to women's fashion such as Chanel No. 5 perfume,the little black dress, the Chanel tweed suit, the Chanel 2.55 bag and theChanel sling back shoes. The book details how Chanel was a friend to Winston Churchill and EdwardPrince of Wales, whilst simultaneously embracing the carefree, unfetteredbohemian life of Paris in the 1920's, where she moved easily amongst the greatcreatives of the era, writers, painters, musicians, actors, such as Jean Cocteau,Sergei Diaghilev, Igor Stravinsky, Jean Renoir and Luchino Visconti. Couturie re to stars of the Hollywood silver screen, politics and French andBritish high society, Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Kennedy, JaneFonda and myriad others counted themselves amongst her customers. This isthe story of her remarkable life and fashion illustrated with beautiful images.