Description: Melissa Richards focuses here on the clothes themselves that have made Chanel the most innovative and influential of all fashion designers. Chanel's ten major collections are examined in great detail, from its earliest real collection in 1916 to the first ready-to-wear collection, the emergence of Karl Lagerfeld, and the spirit of the house as it enters the new century. Richards offers commentary not only on the clothes but also the accessories, jewelry, cosmetics and perfumes of each key collection. She also sketches the moods and trends of the times in which the collections were introduced to help the reader better understand the collection's originality and the reactions they provoked.

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