"Award-winning author Susan Goldman Rubin introduces readers to the most well-known fashion designer in the world, Coco Chanel. Beginning with the difficult years Chanel spent in an orphanage, Goldman Rubin traces Coco's development as a designer and demonstrates how her determination to be independent helped her gain worldwide recognition. Coco Chanel focuses on the obstacles Chanel faced as a financially independent woman in an era when women were...

"Little black dresses. Fake pearls. Jersey knit. Blazers. Ballet flats. Today--and for nearly the last hundred years--we all see some version of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel every time we pass a woman on the street. But few among us realize that Chanel's role in the events of the twentieth century was as pervasive as her influence on fashion, or how deeply she absorbed and then brilliantly reimagined the historical currents around her. Here, with unprecedented...

"A thrilling behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Raf Simons's highly anticipated first Haute Couture collection as Christian Dior's new Artistic Director. Beautifully melding the everyday, pressure-filled components of fashion, with an elegant reverence for the history of Dior, Tcheng's colorful homage is nothing short of magical."-- $cContainer.

Tells the life story of French fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent through the eyes of his longtime lover and business partner, Pierre Bergé.

"Introduce your little one to the world's most famous fashion designer. Told in simple sentences, this young reader edition of the best-selling series is perfect to read aloud to little dreamers." - p. [4] of cover.