Chanel: A Woman of her Own

Alex Madsen brings to life Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, the queen of fashion who revolutionized women's styles forever.

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Posted: Sep-09-2009

Edith Piaf revisited

I loved the film La Vie En Rose about the life of Edith Piaf a couple of years ago, and that prompted me to read a couple of books about her. The books were, really, the exact same story and details of the film, which speaks well for the movie! I bought this book about Coco Chanel because of...

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Posted: Feb-06-2009

What a woman!

What a woman. For her times she was a trend setter. She did it her way. I greatly admire her gumption! You go girl! I only wish I had been one of her friends. Wow.

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Posted: Dec-30-2008

Portrait of an Icon

As an enthusiastic admirer of Coco Chanel's style and of the fashions she created, I was excited to read this book. I was surprised to find out that Chanel was an immensely complex and interesting person, even aside from her creative life. She came from very humble beginnings, lived through two...

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Posted: Dec-12-2008

MUST READ IF YOU LOVE CHANEL!!

I really loved devouring this book. Miss Gabrielle Coco Chanel is one of the most fascinating women I have ever read about. She is one of the first feminist as far as I'm concerned. Thanks to her we are not wearing corsets and dresses everyday. The book opened up a whole new side of her that I...

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Posted: Oct-17-2008

CHANEL A WOMAN OF HER OWN

Very informative - learned a lot about the person Coco Chanel and not only about the designer and fashion icon.I also learned many things about her, which I possibly did NOT wanted to know as it shows what a ruthless person she was, BUT AGAIN - the book shows who she truly was and that is the...

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Posted: Jan-14-2008

Chanel forever

What an interesting life, as interesting as her clothes... and the empire she built around her name.

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Posted: Sep-21-2006

Chanel Bio is everything it should be.

I found it strange that some readers gave negative or highly critical reviews of this biography. Someone even commented on the difficulty in reading the French names! It's a little late to change Chanel's nationality and thank God! This biography is successful on a number of levels but...

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Posted: Sep-23-2005

Chanel book review

I agree with the other 2 reviewers. This book is very difficult to follow and the author jumps from character to character and topic to topic too frequently. The pictures are nice, but I feel the author could have done a better job at creating more excitement and interest for the reader.

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Posted: Jan-03-2005

Not Captivating!

I did not enjoy this book and wished I did my own research on a better author to portray Coco Chanel. It was lengthy in boring details and never developed a true feeling for the subject matter. Coco lead an extremely captivating life - so I find it difficult to believe that someone could write...

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Posted: Mar-02-2002

tough read

I'm still reading but wanted to mention that if you have never taken a French class, it is very hard to pronounce most of the names in the book.Although very insightful finding it a hard read.

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