| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Who was Coco Chanel? -- Sell her to the gypsies -- I am not an orphan! -- Who has seen Coco? -- I was my own master -- Black wipes out everything -- Lead them by the nose -- Go and fetch my pearls -- Take off the girdle! -- That Italian -- I detest giving in -- A mistake -- He isn't a German! -- What a horror! -- I will show them -- Epilogue: A very bad dead person -- Where to see the works of Coco Chanel -- Chanel's fashion firsts -- Source notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index. |
| Summary |
"Award-winning author Susan Goldman Rubin introduces readers to the most well-known fashion designer in the world, Coco Chanel. Beginning with the difficult years Chanel spent in an orphanage, Goldman Rubin traces Coco's development as a designer and demonstrates how her determination to be independent helped her gain worldwide recognition. Coco Chanel focuses on the obstacles Chanel faced as a financially independent woman in an era when women were expected to marry; as well as her fierce competition with the Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli; and some of her most memorable firsts for the fashion industry, including the little black dress, the quilted purse with gold chain, and the perfume Chanel No. 5. The book includes a bibliography, a list of where to see her work, and an index."--Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Chanel, Coco, 1883-1971 -- Juvenile literature.
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Women fashion designers -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Fashion designers -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Fashion design -- France -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| Other title |
Pearls, perfume, and the little black dress |
| ISBN |
9781419725449
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1419725440
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