Coco Chanel did not only help redefine fashion, but also changed the views of what it meant to be a woman. This book is written as well and as thrillingly as any number of fiction novels I have read lately, but it's all true.

The story is told by Chanel, in a first-person voice, recounting events from her perspective, which makes the reader feel as if she is telling her own life story. However, that didn’t diminish the fact that she lived a fascinating life and had a monumental impact on the mod I found it quite convoluted and it was often difficult to keep track of characters as Picardie went on tangents about their personal histories, irrelevant to their relationship with Chanel.At a time when girls were told to brush their hair 100 times until their arms were sore, Coco promised herself that one day she would snip away her locks so that she wouldn't have to be so fussy--girls needed time for other things, and they needed some of the comforts that boys enjoyed.

She is not famous today for having an affair with Duke of Westminster or a Russian Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich. Newly commissioned photographs of the selected pieces, together with archival images, capture the design evolution of this fashion icon. Working for more than fifteen years for clients in top advertising agencies, her books combine creativity with learning, aiming to establish a new and fresh relationship between children and pop culture. An enthralling novel of an extraordinary woman who created the life she desired, Mademoiselle Chanel explores the inner world of a woman of staggering ambition whose strength, passion and artistic vision would become her trademark.Selected items may be purchased early for dispatch from the future date given in their product information. Chanel was an iconoclastic entrepreneur, who rebelled against and manipulated gender expectations of her time. The easy-to-read and well-written book provides a wealth of information not only about Chanel’s life but also about her friends and loves.

From there, she became a cabaret singer, seamstress, hat maker, and, eventually, the world’s most famous fashion designer. The genre of the book is novel, it thus doesn’t pretend to be a true biography of Coco Chanel: it is based on a true story and real events but the dialogues in the book are fictional. The author just intended to tell the story of the fourteen years when Chanel summered on the Riviera.The sisters nurture Gabrielle’s exceptional sewing skills, a talent that will propel the willful young woman into a life far removed from the drudgery of her childhood. Chanel introduced the world to the now iconic "little black dress," a simple yet elegant garment that has become a staple in every woman's wardrobe.