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Coco Chanel: Roaring Twenties

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Coco Chanel: Roaring Twenties

Contributors:

By (Author) Clia Bernasconi
Text by Bronwyn Cosgrave
Text by Waleria Dorogova
Text by Amy de la Haye de la Haye

ISBN:

9783775759052

Publisher:

Hatje Cantz

Imprint:

Hatje Cantz

Publication Date:

3rd October 2025

UK Publication Date:

3rd July 2025

Country:

Germany

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Dewey:

746.92092

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

304

Dimensions:

Width 190mm, Height 260mm

Weight:

1220g

Description

The early years of the fashion icon

The beginnings of Chanel's fashion brand lie in the French seaside resorts. In 1912, Coco-then still Gabrielle-Chanel opened her first boutique in Deauville; shops in Biarritz, Monte Carlo and Cannes soon followed. There, her simple, sporty designs met with a cosmopolitan clientele who carried her fashion back to the capital, Paris. In the 1920s, the Chanel brand thus experienced its first heyday, driven by the artistic and social upheaval of those years, the Roaring Twenties. This lavishly illustrated catalogue documents in drawings and photographs the extraordinary productivity of the designer who maintained friendships with artists such as Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso and others. In the 1920s, Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes were performing on the Riviera. The book reveals the Slavic influence in Chanel's creations, highlighting a network of correspondences with female artists close to Diaghilev's circle, such as Natalia Goncharova and Sonia Delaunay. The book also features La Pausa, Gabrielle Chanel's dream villa built in 1929 near Monaco.

Author Bio

GABRIELLE CHANEL erased all traces of her childhood. The only known fact is that she was born in Saumur (France) on August 19, 1883. In 1910, she opened a hat store in Paris, which was followed by boutiques in Deauville, Biarritz, Cannes and Monte-Carlo. Her line of jersey sportswear for women revolutionized fashion and liberated the female body.

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