Coco Chanel: References & Edit History
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Biographies of Chanel include Axel Madsen, Chanel: A Woman of Her Own (1990; also published as Coco Chanel: A Biography), by a Danish-American journalist; Edmonde Charles-Roux, Chanel and Her World: Friends, Fashion, and Fame (2005; rev. and expanded ed. of Chanel: Her Life, Her World, and the Woman Behind the Legend She Herself Created, 1975; also published as The World of Coco Chanel: Friends, Fashion, Fame, originally published in French), by a former editor of French Vogue; and Justine Picardie, Coco Chanel (2009). Hal Vaughan, Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel’s Secret War (2011), traces Chanel’s activities during World War II and after, a period of her life that many biographers have glossed over. Danièle Bott, Chanel: Collections and Creations (2007), discusses Chanel’s contributions to the world of fashion.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: PBS - ANTIQUES ROADSHOW - Coco Chanel: Fashion Designer, Nazi Informant. | Sep 21, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 15, 2026 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: German Patent and Trade Mark Office - Coco Chanel. | Jun 06, 2026 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Mar 25, 2026 | ||
| Revised discussion on her early designs and associations with the Nazi party. | Mar 18, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 06, 2026 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN - How Coco Chanel changed the course of womens fashion. | Sep 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Overnights - Coco Chanel: Doyenne of Fashion. | Jun 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chanel - Gabrielle Chanel, the founder of CHANEL. | Feb 15, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - The truth about Coco Chanel and the Nazis. | Oct 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The MY HERO Project - Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel. | Jul 22, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | May 31, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 12, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 21, 2024 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Jan 31, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Public Radio - Coco Chanel: The Unlikely Fashion Icon. | Nov 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Business of Fashion - Biography of Gabrielle �Coco� Chanel. | Jul 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - ANTIQUES ROADSHOW - Coco Chanel: Fashion Designer, Nazi Informant. | Apr 26, 2023 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Jul 20, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Entrepreneurs - Biography of Coco Chanel. | Apr 26, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 25, 2021 | ||
| Revised discussion of Karl Lagerfeld's tenure as chief designer at Chanel's couture house. | Dec 17, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Fashion Designers - Biography of Coco Chanel. | Jan 15, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Facts about Famous People - Coco Chanel Facts and Biography. | Apr 04, 2019 | ||
| Changed the year Chanel No. 5 was released from "1922" to "1921." | Feb 15, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Business of Fashion - Biography of Gabrielle �Coco� Chanel. | Jun 14, 2018 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Apr 18, 2018 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Met - Gabrielle Coco Chanel (18831971) and the House of Chanel. | Jun 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chanel's War - An Authentic Reminiscence by Gabrielle Labrunie. | Sep 18, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chanel's War - An Authentic Reminiscence by Gabrielle Labrunie. | Sep 18, 2012 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Nov 29, 2011 | ||
| Article revised to state that Coco Chanel was associated with a series of wealthy men. | Apr 05, 2011 | ||
| Added image of Chanel fall-winter 2010–11 collection. | Apr 05, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Coco Chanel. | Aug 19, 2010 | ||
| Article revised to state that Coco Chanel worked for several years as a cafe singer. |
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Jun 04, 2009 | |
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 22, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 15, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 15, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 15, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Timeline Fashion. | Jul 25, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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