Coco Chanel

Grace Kelly, Coco Chanel, Audrey Hepburn, Indira Gandhi, and Madame Chiang Kai-shek were worshipped, loved and sometimes even feared by millions the world over. These pioneers showed that a woman could be the equal of a man but behind the public success, there was often private heartache and persona...

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Other Authors: BBC Worldwide Ltd.,, Infobase,
Format: Electronic
Language: English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide Ltd, [2011]
distributed by Infobase,
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (48 min. 35 sec.)) : sound, color.
Series: Extraordinary women (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Coco Chanel Overview
  • (1:53)
  • Childhood in Poverty
  • (2:05)
  • Career Beginnings
  • (3:21)
  • A Kept Woman
  • (3:37)
  • First Venture
  • (3:30)
  • Deauville Boutique
  • (2:11)
  • Wartime Fashion
  • (2:33)
  • Expanding Business
  • (2:58)
  • Reinvention
  • (2:19)
  • Paris Affairs
  • (1:54)
  • Flapper Era
  • (2:14)
  • German Occupation
  • (3:52)
  • Nazi Collaboration
  • (3:55)
  • Turning Tide
  • (4:04)
  • Switzerland Safe Haven
  • (1:38)
  • Style Comeback
  • (3:09)
  • House of Chanel Success
  • (2:12)
  • Credits: Coco Chanel: Extraordinary Women
  • (0:47)