She established an allure, a romance, a mystery so that even this detailed autobiography leaves questions about her life and real feelings. Coco Chanel made it a goal in life to create mystery and drama around her past. Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life. Peoples lives are an enigma, she said to another friend, Claude Delay, not long before her death, when her face had already become a fixed mask to the world, and her myth apparently impenetrable. Coco Chanel | The Legend and the Life by Justine Picardie. Feared and revered by the rest of the fashion industry, Coco Chanel died in 1971 at the age of eighty-seven, but her legacy lives on. By all accounts, Coco Chanel (19 August 1883 - 10 January 1971) lived a remarkable life. Description of the book "Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life": Justine Picardie has spent the last decade puzzling over the truth about Coco Chanel, attempting to peel away the accretions of romance and lies. Coco Chanel led a very legendary life, which led to a very legendary career. She would tell one person one age and then tell another something else. Reviews of the Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life In this full-scale biography we finally discover the history of the incredible woman who created the way we look now. Since its publication in 2010, hers has become the definitive Chanel biography. But her legacy lives on. Since its publication in 2010, hers has become the definitive Chanel biography. She examines Chanel's enduring afterlife, as well as her remarkable life, uncovering the consequences of what she covered up, unpicking the seams between truth and legend, yet keeping intact the real fabric of her past ePub. Get this from a library! Gabrielle hose on whom legends are built are their legends, declared Coco Chanel to her friend Paul Morand, one of several writers to whom she tried, and failed, to tell the story of her life. Coco Chanel : the legend and the life. She established an allure, a romance, a mystery so that even this detailed autobiography leaves questions about her life and real feelings. Chanel trug ihre eigene Mode und eine moderne Kurzhaarfrisur im Bob-Stil. Coco Chanel made it a goal in life to create mystery and drama around her past. A satisfying real life tale of rags to riches tale of Coco Chanel reveals a strong women who made her way up to the higher circles of her time. Justine Picardie brings Gabrielle Chanel out of hiding and uncovers the consequences of what Chanel covered up, unpicking the seams between truth and myth in a story that reveals the true heart of fashion. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Feared and revered by the rest of the fashion industry, Coco Chanel died in 1971 at the age of eighty-seven, but her legacy lives on. Justine Picardie spent years puzzling over the truth about Coco Chanel, peeling away the accretions of romance and lies.