Reseña del libro "Gabrielle Chanel (en Inglés)"
A major retrospective of the life and work of Coco ChanelGabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel is an icon of fashion, and can lay claim to having invented thelook of the 20th century. At the height of the Belle Époque, she stripped women of theircorsets and feathers, bobbed their hair, put them in bathing suits and sent them out toget tanned in the sun. She introduced the little black dress; trousers for women; costumejewelry; the exquisitely comfortable suit that became her trademark. Early in the RoaringTwenties, Chanel made the first ever couture perfume – No. 5 – presenting it in thefamous little square-cut flagon that, inspired by Picasso and Cubism, became the archsymbol of the Art Deco style. No. 5 remains the most popular scent ever created.This volume, published to accompany a landmark exhibition in Paris, traces thebirth and evolution of Chanel’s timeless style. Specially commissioned photographs byJulien T. Hamon showcase the clothing, while essays by fashion historians illuminate aperiod, an event or a theme. Rare archival documents, including portraits of GabrielleChanel herself, round out the book.Table of ContentsIntroduction • Gabrielle Chanel the Legend, Olivier Saillard, former director of the PalaisGalliera; Theatre and fashion: Chanel in the 1910s, Sophie Grossiord, Palais Galliera; TheBeginnings of Gabrielle Chanel, Deauville, Biarritz, Miren Arzalluz, Director of PalaisGalliera; Sem and Chanel: Building a character, Laurent Cotta, Palais Galliera; Chaneland Cocteau, Claude Arnaud, biographer; Perfumes and cosmetics, Julie Deydier, Chanel,Asset manager; Romanticism in the 1930s, Amy de la Haye, London College of Fashion;Modernism and Dandyism in the Chanel Style, Caroline Evans, Central Saint MartinsCollege of Art and Design; Diamond Jewelry, 1932, Marie-Laure Gutton, Palais Galliera;The Chanel tailor, Véronique Belloir, Palais Galliera; Accessories and style coding, Marie-Laure Gutton, Palais Galliera; Gabrielle Chanel and her Doubles, Sylvie Lécallier, PalaisGalliera; Chanel and the United States, Alexandra Palmer, Royal Ontario Museum;Chanel and interior architecture, Laurent Cotta, Palais Galliera; Chanel and the Cinema,Marion Langlois and Régis Robert, Cinémathèque de Paris • Illustrated ‘professional’biography and history of the fashion house • Catalogue
