Coco Chanel - Pearls, Perfume, and the Little Black Dress

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 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Susan Goldman Rubin, Rubin Susan Goldman
• Editore: Abrams
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 10 a 14 anni
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781419725449
• ISBN: 978-1-4197-2544-9
• Pagine: 144
• Dimensioni: 149 mm x 216 mm x 20 mm
• Categorie: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Saggi / saggi illustrati > Arte, musica; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Art, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Art and artists, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Art & artists