Published to coincide with a major new V&A exhibition, Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life by Justine Picardie contains never-seen-before images from the Chanel archives and recently discovered portraits of Coco Chanel .

Coco Chanel was the most extraordinary creative. The inventor of the Little Black Dress (LBD), the bob haircut, trousers for women, contemporary chic, a globally bestselling perfume and founder of the most successful fashion brand of all time, she was also an enigma, fashioning the myth of her own life with the same attention to detail as her couture.

Justine Picardie has spent over twenty years exploring the truth about the mystery that was Coco Chanel. In this revised, updated version of her bestselling biography, Picardie shares more details and previously unseen images of the woman who has had such a profound influence on the modern world.

Justine Picardie is the author of six books, including her bestselling memoir If the Spirit Moves You and Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture . She is a contributing editor to Harper’s Bazaar , having previously been its editor-in-chief. She was formerly an investigative journalist for the Sunday Times , a columnist for the Telegraph , editor of the Observer Magazine , editor of Town & Country and features director of Vogue .

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