Mademoiselle : Coco Chanel and the pulse of history / Rhonda K. Garelick.
Mademoiselle : Coco Chanel and the pulse of history / Rhonda K. Garelick.
Mademoiselle : Coco Chanel and the pulse of history / Rhonda K. Garelick.
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Publisher
New York : Random House, [2014]
Call Numbers
G 2014/5276
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxii, 576 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
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 -- Bendo...
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Publisher
New York : Random House, [2014]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2014]
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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 dee...
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Full title
Mademoiselle : Coco Chanel and the pulse of history / Rhonda K. Garelick.
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Coco Chanel and the pulse of history.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [437]-545) and index.
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G 2014/5276
Record Identifier
74VKJ7wE75Zg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJ7wE75Zg
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ISBN
1400069521 (hardback)
9781400069521 (hardback) :
DDC
746.92092
MMS ID
991022147129702626
