Bibliograph

Chanel, the vocabulary of style, Jérôme Gautier

Type

Label

Chanel, the vocabulary of style, Jérôme Gautier

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Chanel

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

711045574

Responsibility statement

Jérôme Gautier

Sub title

the vocabulary of style

Summary

Gabrielle Coco Chanel was, without doubt, the most influential designer of the 20th century. This book honours her influence by celebrating the key elements that defined and still define her style through inspired pairings of classic and contemporary photographs. Juxtaposing fashion plates from Chanels own time with the most recent creations by Karl Lagerfeld, such as Cecil Beaton's portrait of Coco Chanel presented alongside one of Cate Blanchett by Lagerfeld himself, the resonance between archive and contemporary photographs becomes sharp, vibrant and telling. The vocabulary of Chanel's style the little black dress, baroque inspirations, androgynous chic is revealed in eleven chapters that compare original forms in the 1920s with the full range of their later expressions through every fashion era. Chanel's legendary fashion house continues to captivate a huge audience with an insatiable appetite for one of fashions undisputed style perennials

Table Of Contents

The body liberated -- Little black dresses -- Black into night -- Baroque inspirations -- 31, Rue Cambon -- Youth and evolution -- Simple chic -- Androgyne -- From tweed to tweeds -- The total look -- Rebel

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