I liked this book. It took me a long time to read it, but that was due to my totally changed life and marriage. I read a few of the other reviews and I have to disagree with the negative ones. Chanel was a wealthy, powerful woman; if she wanted to hide parts of her life she could do so...and she ...
It is at once about self-presentation and conformity. Like music, it is improvisation within a structure. As the human condition doesn’t appear to respond well to too much repetition, fashion could be described as one of our antidotes to boredom. It must be new, but not too new; novel rather than...