Coco Chanel: Her Life and Secrets
, subject: Coco Chanel, her life story, personality, business methods, Chanel fashion house, and Chanel No. 5, 1972
A Chanel biography that traces her rise from poverty to founding the House of Chanel through direct quotations and interviews.
About the book
Drawing on conversations with Chanel, Haedrich follows her reinvention from an obscured childhood to couture, perfume, and the carefully shaped public story behind the House of Chanel.
Why read it
Best if You want Chanel's rise from poverty to founding the House of Chanel, told through direct quotations and interviews.
Key themes
- From poverty to the House of Chanel
- Chanel in recorded words
Evidence and original sources
Sources: official Founders episodes — #64, #199
David makes this Chanel biography the episode's principal source, using its interviews and account of her rise from poverty to discuss her personality and business thinking.
- Coco Chanel: Her Life and Secrets — David makes this Chanel biography the episode's principal source, using its interviews and account of her rise from poverty to discuss her personality and business thinking.
- Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life — David contrasts the earlier Chanel biography he covered in Episode 64 with the newer biography used for this episode.