The Allure of Chanel

$19.95 at de Young Museum.

The story of Coco Chanel in her own words, as told by her to Paul Morand, in a beautfiul new paperback edition.Coco Chanel invited Paul Morand to visit her in St Moritz at the end of the Second World War when he was given the opportunity to write her memoirs; his notes of their intimate conversations were put away in a drawer and only came to light a year after Chanel's death. Paperback, 184 pagees.