CHANEL - THE VOCABULARY OF STYLE

This book seeks to honour Chanel's influence by celebrating the key elements that defined her style through pairings of classic and contemporary photographs. Juxtaposing fashion plates from Chanels own time with the recent creations by Karl Lagerfeld, such as Cecil Beaton's portrait of Coco Chanel presented alongside one of Cate Blanchett by Lagerfeld himself. The vocabulary of Chanel's style the little black dress, baroque inspirations, androgynous chic is approached in eleven chapters that compare original forms in the 1920s with their later expressions through the fashion eras.