The World According To Coco

French couturier Coco Chanel has achieved legendary status around the world and continues to captivate young generations of fashion fans who eagerly collect and share her quotes, creations and ideas. A close friend of some of the leading wits and writers of her day (from Jean Cocteau to the poet Pierre Reverdy), Coco Chanel was fierce and uncompromising in her pronouncements on fashion (some people think "luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is the opposite of vulgarity"; "elegance is negative"; "Fashion changes, but style endures"), women ("A woman who does not wear perfume has no future"; "Dress playfully and you remember the dress; Dress impeccably and you remember the woman) and life (The best things in life are free. Second best is very expensive). Like her successor Karl Lagerfeld, she never shied away from controversy, declaring one day to her detractors: I don't care what you think of me. I'm not thinking about you at all. Presented in a beautiful package and accessible format, The World According to Coco is the perfect gift for fashion fans in general and Chanel fans in particular.