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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Garelick, Rhonda K., 1962-     Subjects     Chanel, Coco, 1883-1971.     Women costume designers -- France -- Biography.     Costume designers -- France -- Biography.     Women fashion designers -- France -- Biography.     Fashion designers -- France -- Biography.     Costume design -- France -- History -- 20th century.     Fashion design -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Garelick, Rhonda K., 1962-       by title:      Mademoiselle : Coco ...       by call number:      746.92092 C456g     Search the Web     Garelick, Rhonda K., 1962-     Chanel, Coco, 1883-1971.     Women costume designers -- France -- Biography.     Costume designers -- France -- Biography.     Women fashion designers -- France -- Biography.     Fashion designers -- France -- Biography.     Costume design -- France -- History -- 20th century.     Fashion design -- History -- 20th century.       MARC Display

Mademoiselle : Coco Chanel and the pulse of history / Rhonda K. Garelick. by Garelick, Rhonda K., 1962- Random House, [2014] Call #: 746.92092 C456g Subjects Chanel, Coco, 1883-1971.   Women costume designers -- France -- Biography.   Costume designers -- France -- Biography.   Women fashion designers -- France -- Biography.   Fashion designers -- France -- Biography.   Costume design -- France -- History -- 20th century.   Fashion design -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9781400069521 (hc.) 1400069521 (hc.) Alternate title:  Coco Chanel and the pulse of history Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xxii, 576 p., 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. (some color) ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages [437]-545) and index. Contents:  Early life -- A new world -- Designing together : Coco Chanel and Arthur Edward "Boy" Capel -- Grand duke Dmitri -- My heart is in my pocket : Coco and Pierre Reverdy -- Women friends, mimetic contagion, and the Parisian Avant-garde -- Antigone in Vogue : Chanel costumes the Modernist stage -- Bendor : the richest man in Europe -- The patriotism of luxury : Chanel and Paul Iribe -- The pulse of history : Chanel, Fascism, and the interwar years -- Love, war, and espionage -- Showing them : Chanel returns. Summary:  "Little black dresses. Fake pearls. Jersey knit. Blazers. Ballet flats. Today--and for nearly the last hundred years--we all see some version of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel every time we pass a woman on the street. But few among us realize that Chanel's role in the events of the twentieth century was as pervasive as her influence on fashion, or how deeply she absorbed and then brilliantly reimagined the historical currents around her. Here, with unprecedented detail and ambition--and through fascinating, thoroughly researched portraits of Chanel's lovers and friends--Rhonda Garelick shows us the Chanel who conquered the world . . . a woman who thirsted to create others in her image, who ruthlessly and innovatively borrowed from her famous (and infamous) intimates, who understood the idea of branding and image well ahead of her time, who created "wearable personality." This is Chanel at the nexus of history: a woman of daring, passion, and legendary vision, in a wonderful biography that gives her long-awaited due"--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Biography 746.92092 C456g Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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