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Reviewed on July 15, 2005
This stunning book accompanies an exhibition of the same name at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, running until August 7. Short essays by curators Koda and Bolton, other scholars, and current Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld focus on Chanel's modernity as a fashion designer. She was the first to draw from menswear styles and humble materials, making original us...Log In or Sign Up to Read More