Chanel: Her Style and Her Life

by Janet Wallach

Book Overview

No single designer has had as tremendous a hold on style in the twentieth century as Coco Chanel. In this sumptuous, profusely illustrated book, Janet Wallach shows readers Chanel style in all its... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385488726
• ISBN13: 9780385488723
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Nan A. Talese
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Read for Everyone!!

I absolutely loved reading this book! It provided me with an insight into the life of Chanel including all of her successes and struggles. It really made an impression on me and I would encourage anyone who is looking for a good read to pick up this book. Not only was it very informative, it also provided a great story full of saddness, love, and many other touching and motivating elements.

As the NY TIMES said, "fascinating and visually stunning."

This is a spectacularly beautiful and insightful view of a woman who was the major force in 20th century fashion. It is elegantly written and sumptuously illustrated and no doubt will become the definitive book on Coco Chanel. I learned a great deal that I did not know before and I had a long career in fashion. This book will delight men as well as women because it contains many revealing stories about Chanel's sexual escapades. Buy it by all means!

a beautiful book, beautifully written

Another superb book from Janet Wallach. Engaging, provocative and insightful. Wallach brings her estimable research skills and writing talent to bear on a fascinating and controversial women who continues to demand attention, respect for her determination and accomplishments and fair judgment for the choices she made in her private life as a very public person.

An eloquent, fascinating portrait of a complex woman

Wallach brings to life the vast complexities of Chanel's life as never before. The author's attentive research into the Chanel archives, her vivid anecdotes and insider's accounts of the rare creature that was Coco Chanel reveal volumes about the making of fashion, culture, and an icon. As does a comprehensive collection of photographs. This is quite simply an irresistable read.

A beautiful edition,at last, the pictures and life together!

For the first time we can see the story of Coco Chanel's life and the style it inspired side by side, in an elegantly produced, reasonably priced volume. Chanel called herself the first 20th century woman, and the fact that the way women dress today is due to her understanding of women, her independence and her fascinating life unfolds in Janet Wallach's narrative. Surely this is the least expensive Chanel one can buy and keep forever.