Authors:(Designer) Coco Chanel, Harold Koda, Andrew Bolton
Copyright:2005
Format:Hardcover
GTIN13:9780300107135
ISBN10:0300107137
Publisher:The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Strand Notes
This splendidly illustrated volume - published on the occasion of the exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 1-August 7, 2005 - examines the history of the House of Chanel both thematicallyand chronologically, introducing ideas and elements of biography as they were expressed in Coco Chanel's collection. Period examples are juxtaposed with the work of Karl Lagerfeld, who, beginning in 1983, just over ten years after Chanel's death, reinvented and revolutionized the House's identity. 150 color illus. 240p.
Description
This splendidly illustrated volume - published on the occasion of the exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 1-August 7, 2005 - examines the history of the House of Chanel both thematicallyand chronologically, introducing ideas and elements of biography as they were expressed in Coco Chanel's collection. Period examples are juxtaposed with the work of Karl Lagerfeld, who, beginning in 1983, just over ten years after Chanel's death, reinvented and revolutionized the House's identity. 150 color illus. 240p.