{"title":"Rhonda K Garelick","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelve into the insightful and thought-provoking works of Rhonda K. Garelick. Explore her captivating explorations of culture, fashion, and the complexities of modern identity. Start your reading journey here.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mademoiselle-book-rhonda-k-garelick-9781400069521","title":"Mademoiselle","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCertain lives are at once so exceptional, and yet so in step with their historical moments, that they illuminate cultural forces far beyond the scope of a single person. 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And what does our ongoing love of all things Chanel tell us about ourselves? These are the mysteries that Rhonda K. Garelick unravels in \u003ci\u003eMademoiselle\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Raised in rural poverty and orphaned early, the young Chanel supported herself as best she could. Then, as an uneducated nineteen-year-old caf  singer, she attracted the attention of a wealthy and powerful admirer and parlayed his support into her own hat design business. For the rest of Chanel's life, the professional, personal, and political were interwoven; her lovers included diplomat Boy Capel; composer Igor Stravinsky; Romanov heir Grand Duke Dmitri; Hugh Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster; poet Pierre Reverdy; a Nazi officer; and several women as well. For all that, she was profoundly alone, her romantic life relentlessly plagued by abandonment and tragedy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chanel's ambitions and accomplishments were unparalleled. Her hat shop evolved into a clothing empire. She became a noted theatrical and film costume designer, collaborating with the likes of Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau, and Luchino Visconti. The genius of Coco Chanel, Garelick shows, lay in the way she absorbed the zeitgeist, reflecting it back to the world in her designs and in what Garelick calls wearable personality--the irresistible and contagious style infused with both world history and Chanel's nearly unbelievable life saga. 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