Coco Chanel: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Biographies of Chanel include Axel Madsen, Chanel: A Woman of Her Own (1990; also published as Coco Chanel: A Biography), by a Danish-American journalist; Edmonde Charles-Roux, Chanel and Her World: Friends, Fashion, and Fame (2005; rev. and expanded ed. of Chanel: Her Life, Her World, and the Woman Behind the Legend She Herself Created, 1975; also published as The World of Coco Chanel: Friends, Fashion, Fame, originally published in French), by a former editor of French Vogue; and Justine Picardie, Coco Chanel (2009). Hal Vaughan, Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel’s Secret War (2011), traces Chanel’s activities during World War II and after, a period of her life that many biographers have glossed over. Danièle Bott, Chanel: Collections and Creations (2007), discusses Chanel’s contributions to the world of fashion.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: BBC - In search of the 'real' Coco Chanel. Oct 22, 2024
Anniversary information added. Aug 15, 2024
Add new Web site: The MY HERO Project - Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel. Jul 22, 2024
Media added. May 31, 2024
Media added. Apr 12, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 21, 2024
Top Questions updated. Feb 15, 2024
Article thoroughly revised. Jan 31, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jan 06, 2024
Add new Web site: National Public Radio - Coco Chanel: The Unlikely Fashion Icon. Nov 15, 2023
Add new Web site: Business of Fashion - Biography of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel. Jul 07, 2023
Add new Web site: PBS - Antiques Roadshow - Coco Chanel: Fashion Designer, Nazi Informant. Apr 26, 2023
Replaced photograph. Jul 20, 2021
Add new Web site: Famous Entrepreneurs - Biography of Coco Chanel. Apr 26, 2021
Media added. Jan 25, 2021
Revised discussion of Karl Lagerfeld's tenure as chief designer at Chanel's couture house. Dec 17, 2020
Add new Web site: Famous Fashion Designers - Biography of Coco Chanel. Jan 15, 2020
Add new Web site: Facts about Famous People - Coco Chanel Facts and Biography. Apr 04, 2019
Changed the year Chanel No. 5 was released from "1922" to "1921." Feb 15, 2019
Add new Web site: Business of Fashion - Biography of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel. Jun 14, 2018
Replaced photograph. Apr 18, 2018
Article revised and updated. Nov 15, 2017
Add new Web site: The Met - Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel (1883–1971) and the House of Chanel. Jun 04, 2013
Add new Web site: Chanel's War - An Authentic Reminiscence by Gabrielle Labrunie. Sep 18, 2012
Add new Web site: Chanel's War - An Authentic Reminiscence by Gabrielle Labrunie. Sep 18, 2012
New bibliography added. Nov 29, 2011
Article revised to state that Coco Chanel was associated with a series of wealthy men. Apr 05, 2011
Added image of Chanel fall-winter 2010–11 collection. Apr 05, 2011
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Coco Chanel. Aug 19, 2010
Article revised to state that Coco Chanel worked for several years as a cafe singer. Jun 04, 2009
Article revised and updated. Apr 22, 2009
Article revised and updated. Oct 15, 2008
Media added. Oct 15, 2008
Article revised and updated. Oct 15, 2008
Added new Web site: Timeline Fashion. Jul 25, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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