Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life[可可·香奈儿的传奇人生]

图书标准信息

• 作者 Justine Picardie 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins UK
• 出版时间 2011-07
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780007318995
• 定价 146.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 352页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

ThemuchanticipatedandbeautifullyillustratedSundayTimesBestsellingBiographyCocoChanel:TheLegendandtheLifewasfirstreleasedtogreatcriticalacclaimin2010.NowthepaperbackeditionofJustinePicardie’sbiographyoftheFrenchfashiondesignerGabrielleChanelhasarrived.TheMailonSundaycallsit'gripping',theSundayTimesdeclaresittobe'fascinating',theTelegraph'elegant'and'brilliant';whiletheDailyMailhailsitasa‘vividlytoldaccount,inthestyleofChanelherself’.Thisisthedefinitivebiographyofaheroinewhofoundedthemostsuccessfulfashionlabelinhistory;awomanthattransformedherlifeintoamythveiledinenigmaandscandal;whosetalentandinnovationenduresbeyondherownpioneeringsartorialcreations.CocoChanel:TheLegendandtheLifewaswrittenbyJustinePicardieasacelebrationandinvestigationofChanel’sphenomenalachievements.ShortlistedfortheGalaxyNationalBookAwards,sellingover50,000copiesthusfar,andnowtranslatedinto15languagesworldwide,thiseloquentbiographyhasrevealedthehiddensecretsofthelegendaryChanel.AfteradecadeonthetrailofpreviouslyunseenevidenceleftbyChanel,theauthor’sexplorationofChanel’sextraordinarylifetracestheemergenceofaninventorandstorytellerwhoroseabovethepovertyintowhichshewasborn.FollowingcluestoCoco’searlyyearsinaconventandpassionateloveaffairswithplayboys,artistsandaristocrats,JustinePicardiedeftlyweavestogetherthelostthreadsofChanel’slife.Indoingso,sheuncovershowanabandonedchildcametoconjureuptheiconiccreationsthatwereproudlywornbylegendsintheirownright,fromJackieKennedytoMarilynMonroe,whofamouslydeclaredthatshewenttobedinnothingbutChanelNo.5.Thepioneerofthelittleblackdress,bobbedhairandtrousersforwomen,Chanelwassomuchmorethanacoutureaficionado;forinreinventingherself,shewasalsotobecomeoneofthemostinfluentialwomeninhistory.

【作者简介】

JUSTINEPICARDIEistheauthoroffivecriticallyacclaimedbooks,includingherbest-sellingmemoirIfTheSpiritMovesYou.TheformerfeaturesdirectorofBritishVogue,sheiscurrentlyafashioncolumnistforStellaandalsowritesforseveralothernewspapersandmagazines,includingtheSundayTelegraph,HarpersBazaarandRed.ShelivesinLondonwithhertwosons.