Chanel: Vocabulary of Style placing fashion plates from Chanel's

placing fashion plates from Chanel's time alongside those by the house's designer-in-chief

including Richard Avedon

Patrick Demarchelier

whether it be lying flat on a coffee table or building up to add height to a bookshelf

Chanel: Vocabulary of Style placing fashion plates from Chanel'sGabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (18831971) was undoubtedly the most influential fashion designer of the 20th century. Her clothes and accessories have remained perennially chic, and her legendary fashion house continues to exert a powerful sway over today's designers. Jrme Gautier tells the story of Chanel's iconic style through hundreds of images, many taken by the leading lights of fashion photography, including Richard Avedon, Gilles Bensimon,