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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 03/13/2018
ISBN: 9781419725449
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.80w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2018
Publishers Weekly 01/29/2018
School Library Journal 02/01/2018 pg. 123
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2018
Booklist 03/15/2018 pg. 33
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2018 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory