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Coco Chanel: Pearls, Perfume, and the Little Black Dress
Coco Chanel Pearls Perfume and the Little Black Dress Author:Susan Goldman Rubin Award-winning author Susan Goldman Rubin introduces�readers to the most well-known fashion designer�in the world, Coco Chanel. Beginning with the difficult years Chanel spent in an orphanage, Goldman Rubin traces Coco?s development as a designer and demonstrates how her determination to be independent helped her gain worldwide recognition. Coco ... more »Chanel focuses on the obstacles Chanel faced as a financially independent woman in an era when women were expected to marry;�as well as her fierce competition with the Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli;�and some of her most memorable firsts for the fashion industry, including the little black dress, the quilted purse with gold chain, and the perfume Chanel No. 5.�The book includes a bibliography, a list of where to see her work, and an index.« less