1. View from Ponteils; author’s photo.
2. The Chanel inn, Ponteils; author’s photo.
3. Aubazine; author’s photo.
4. Gabrielle and Adrienne Chanel c. 1904. Courtesy
LIFE
©. All rights reserved.
5. Etienne Balsan c. 1903. Courtesy of Antoine Balsan and Philippe Gontier.
6. Gabrielle Chanel c. 1910. Apic/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
7. Emilienne d’Alençon, 1875. Apic/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
8. Royallieu. All rights reserved.
9. Arthur Capel c. 1910. Courtesy of Christopher Osborn.
10. Arthur Capel and Gabrielle Chanel on horseback c. 1910. Courtesy
LIFE ©
All rights reserved.
11. Arthur Capel on horseback c. 1910. Courtesy of Christopher Osborn.
12. Gabrielle in her own hat designs;
Comoedia Illustré
, 1910. All rights reserved.
13. Gabrielle Dorziat in “Marie-Louise” hats;
Comoedia Illustré
, 1910. All rights reserved.
14. Gabrielle Dorziat in a Chanel hat, 1912. All rights reserved.
15. Gabrielle Dorziat in a Chanel hat;
Journal des Modes
, 1912. All rights reserved.
16. Adrienne and Gabrielle Chanel in front of her Deauville shop. Courtesy
LIFE
©. All rights reserved.
17.
Tangoville sur mer
, caricature of Coco Chanel and Arthur Capel by Sem; Bibliothèque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris/Archives Charmet/Bridgeman Art Library.
18. Gabrielle and friends outside Deauville shop c. 1914. Courtesy Ville de Deauville ©. All rights reserved.
19. Coco Chanel playing golf c. 1913; Apic/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
20. Coco Chanel and Arthur Capel on the beach at St-Jean-de-Luz, 1915; Apic/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
21. Pablo and Olga Picasso, 1917; Popperfoto/Getty Images.
22. Diana Capel by John Sargent; Private Collection.
23. The Capel Polo Trophy. Courtesy Polo de Paris; photo Adelia Sabatini.
24. Sergei Diaghilev and Igor Stravinsky; © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
25. Igor Stravinsky, José Maria Sert, Gabrielle Chanel and Misia Sert, 1920; Igor Stravinsky Collection; © Paul Sacher Foundation, Zurich.
26. Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich. From
Chanel: A Woman of Her Own
, Axel Madsen. All rights reserved.
27. Gabrielle and her dog at the Faubourg St-Honoré; Henri de Beaumont; All rights reserved.
28. Gabrielle Chanel and Dmitri Pavlovich c. 1921; All rights reserved.
29. Chanel N
°
5 by Sem, Musee Carnavalet/Roger Viollet/Getty Images.
30. Dancers from
Le Train bleu
, 1924; © Hulton Deutsch Collection, CORBIS.
31. Dancers from
Le Train bleu
, 1924; © Hulton Deutsch Collection, CORBIS.
32. Lubov Tchernicheva in
Apollon musagète
Courtesy
Dancing Times
Archive
.
33. Pierre Reverdy; Roger Viollet/Topfoto.
34. Paul Morand c. 1910; Martinie Roger Viollet/Getty Images.
35. Duke of Westminster;
Sunday Telegraph
, all rights reserved.
36. Eaton Hall; Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
37. Randolph and Winston Churchill with Coco Chanel; Hulton Archive/ Getty Images.
38. Marion Morehouse in dress by Chanel c. 1926; © Condé Nast Archive/ CORBIS.
39. Coco Chanel at Biarritz, 1928; FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
40. Coco Chanel, Misia and José Maria Sert, etc., on the Venice Lido; © Mary Evans/Rue des Archives/Talendier.
41. Gabrielle Chanel skiing with Etienne de Beaumont,
etc.
Henri de Beaumont. All rights reserved.
42. Coco Chanel in jersey suit c. 1931; Getty Images.
43. Coco Chanel in white satin pajamas; Photo by New York Times Co./Getty Images.
44. Coco Chanel with Lady Pamela Smith and models, 1932; © Bettmann/ CORBIS.
45. Coco Chanel with Cecil Beaton c. 1937; John Phillips/Time & Life Pictures
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46. Coco Chanel and Fulco di Verdura, 1937; Lipnitzki Roger Viollet/Getty Images.
47. Gabrielle with Salvador Dalí c. 1938. Image Rights of Salvador Dalí reserved. Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2011.
48. Gabrielle with Apelles Fenosa; Hoyningen Huene c. 1939. © R. J. Horst. Photo: courtesy Staley/Wise Gallery NYC.
49. Baroness M. van Zuylen and Serge Lifar; © Mary Evans/Rue des Archives/ Tallandier.
50. Baron Hans von Dincklage, passport photograph, 1950.
51. Model wearing Chanel suit; © Condé Nast Archive/CORBIS.
52. Model in tiered strapless gown with roses; © Condé Nast Archive/CORBIS.
53. Coco Chanel on mirrored staircase at her couture house, 1954; © Condé Nast Archive/CORBIS.
54. Chanel models at 31 rue Cambon, 1958; Roger Viollet/Topfoto.
55. Coco Chanel pinning dress on model 1959; Archive Photos/Getty Images.
56. Animal sculptures in Chanel’s rue Cambon salon; © Simon Upton, The Interior Archive.
57. Dining room in Chanel’s rue Cambon apartment; © Massimo Listri/ CORBIS.
58. Fashion designer Coco Chanel c. 1965; © Condé Nast Archive/CORBIS.
59. Models attending mass for Coco Chanel; © Bettmann/CORBIS.