Chanel: Her Life, Her World, the Woman Behind the LegendShe revolutionized how women looked. She banned corsets, shortened skirts and scented the world with Chanel No. 5. Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel was an icon. But how closely did her carefully moulded images match the truth? |
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