Coco Chanel Av Susan Goldman Rubin

<DIV><B>In this “well-designed biography of a fascinating woman” (<I>School Library Connection</I>) for young readers, award-winning author Susan Goldman Rubin introduces readers to the most well-known fashion designer in the world, Coco Chanel. </B><BR/><BR/> 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. <I>Coco Chanel: Pearls, Perfume, and the Little Black Dress</I> 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.<BR/><BR/><B>“Rubin’s biography is clear-sighted about Chanel’s faults while extolling her fashion genius. Her source notes and bibliography are meticulous, as is the book’s design . . . This will attract young fashion mavens eager to learn about design history.” —<I>Booklist</I></B><BR/><BR/><B>Includes color and black-and-white photographs, a bibliography, a list of where to see her work, and an index.</B></DIV>