
Coco Chanel
Dennis Abrams(Author)
Chelsea House Publishers
Will be published approx. on 30. January 2011
Book
Hardback
124 pages
978-1-60413-925-9 (ISBN)
Description
The very name Coco Chanel inspires thoughts of fashion and beauty, perfume and style, and a look of timeless elegance. But the woman behind the name, Gabrielle Chanel, survived a childhood that was anything but stylish and elegant. The daughter of an itinerant merchant whose mother died while she was still young, Chanel lived a life she later denied, raised by nuns in an orphanage as a charity case. Yet somehow, Chanel survived to become the queen of 20th-century fashion, a designer who didn't draw yet became the most influential designer of her time and beyond. This biography examines the life of Coco Chanel, her fashions, and her loves, showing how the French country girl became a fashion icon.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Broomall
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 11 to 17 years
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
430 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60413-925-9 (9781604139259)
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Person
Dennis Abrams is the author of several books, including biographies of Barbara Park, Anthony Horowitz, Hamid Karzai, and Ty Cobb for Chelsea House. He attended Antioch College, where he majored in English and communications, and currently lives in Houston, Texas.