Gospel According to Coco Chanel : Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman

Gospel According to Coco Chanel : Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman
ISBN: 9781599215235
Publication Date: 1 May 2009

A modern look at the life of a legendary fashion icon—with practical life lessons for women of all ages

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Delving into the long, extraordinary life of renowned French fashion designer Coco Chanel, Karen Karbo has written a new kind of self-help book, exploring Chanel’s philosophy on a range of universal themes—from style to passion, from money and success to femininity and living life on your own terms.

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Born in 1883 in a poorhouse in southern France, Chanel grew up to be the woman who not only gave us the little black dress and boxy jackets, but also bestowed upon women a chic freedom that helped usher them into the modern era. ;Elegant, opinionated, and passionate, she was the only fashion icon among TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century.

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The Gospel According to Coco Chanel is a captivating, offbeat look at style, celebrity, and self-invention—all held together with droll Chanel-style commentary and culled from an examination of Chanel’s difficult childhood and triumphant adulthood, passionate love affairs, and eccentricities.

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Warner Brothers set to release a major motion picture on this subject, Coco Before Chanel, in Fall 2009**.**