COCO CHANEL Her Life, Her Secrets Marcel Haedrich
Living with Chanel, an extract from Caroline Young's New Book on how places, travel, people and her early life in a convent shapes Chanel's revolutionary fashion ideas.
The Secret Life of Coco Chanel
“I don’t do fashion, I am fashion.” One of the most legendary fashion designers of all time, Coco Chanel is a true icon, whose legacy lives strong today. Famous for pioneering timeless staples including the little black dress, the skirt suit and the striped Breton top, her focus was on wearable styles with a streamlined
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Coco Chanel: facts from her secret life
When Coco Chanel died in her suite at the Ritz in Paris 50 years ago this week, the world mourned the greatest fashion designer of the century. What no one mentioned was that Chanel had spent the Second World War in the luxury hotel with her German officer lover working as a spy for both German military intelligence and the SS.
Strong whiff of wartime scandal clings to Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel spent her later years trying to hide her secret espionage activities with the Gestapo during WWII and her virulent anti-Semitic views.. Five years ago, I wrote a blog by the same name. It was back in the days when I purposely limited my blogs to no more than five or six hundred words (my Millennial friends told me this was the “norm”). I’ve re-read some of those blogs and frankly, I’m embarrassed. First, my writing style […]
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