He sees Picardie as revealing subtle truths about Coco -- like the fact that the designer herself "had more versions of the truth than any pathological liar could conjure up" (Felner).
Felner goes on to give his analysis of Coco's life -- as the other biographers do, setting aside the work actually written by Picardie and giving the reader a glimpse of what he (the reviewer) knows about the designer. Finally, Felner gets back to the biography -- in the last paragraph of the review -- and asserts that Picardie's book is definitely the one to read, since it "will debunk many of your prior assumptions or at the very least, give you plausible reason to think twice about what you have previously read" about Chanel (Felner). Here, Felner gives the biography a positive endorsement: Picardie never insists that such and such a point is true, but rather reminds the…...

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Fallowell, Duncan. "Review: Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life by Justine

Picardie." 24 Sept 2010. Express. 25 Apr 2013. Web.

Felner, Jeffrey. "Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life." 21 Sept 2010. New York

Journal of Books. 25 Apr 2013. Web.

CO Chanel
Today, the term "designer" is too often associated with people who churn out clothing lines every season. In this sense, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel stands as a breed apart. Fashion analysts today attribute the birth of modern fashion to Coco Chanel. She is viewed as a woman and an artist ahead of her time. Her clothing influenced not only the way women dress, but the way women define femininity. In this sense, Chanel is very much a part of the modern artistic movement, along with the likes of Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau.

This paper examines the many facets of Coco Chanel's artistry. The first part of the paper looks at Chanel as a product of her social environment, discussing the factors that have contributed to the evolution of Chanel's style and clothing designs. The next part then looks at Chanel's designs and choice of fabrics. Chanel never defined herself as…...

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Dunn, Jennifer. "Coco Chanel and Fashion." Transcription Topics. 20 December 1999. University of California at Santa Barbara. 13 March 2004 http://transcriptions.english.ucsb.edu/archive/topics/infoart/chanel/.

This website offers a complete and insightful account of Coco Chanel's designs. The first section provides a good resource not only regarding the "look" of Chanel's designs. In addition, this website is useful for identifying how Chanel's "look" evolved in relation to prevailing social norms. The sections on the role both World Wars played in changing the social roles of women were especially illuminating. While many Internet sites on Coco Chanel focus on the designs, Dunn's scholarly approach teases out how designs such as the "working uniform" and the "Chanel suit" both reflect social trends and open new opportunities for working women.

Madsen, Axel. Chanel: A Woman of Her Own. New York: Henry Hold and Company, Inc.

It is well-known that many of the stories regarding Coco Chanel's past are just fabrications. Many were in fact spread by Chanel herself. Considering this, Madsen does a remarkable job of presenting a thorough biography of one of the 20th century's most innovative women. Madsen's work, however, shows some weaknesses. He often underestimates, for example, the importance of the class system and social cachet in early 20th century Europe. This leads him to wonder why associations with royalty and powerful men were important to a modern woman like Coco Chanel. Despite this, his work is an interesting account of how Chanel managed to rise to the top of the fashion industry. The illustrations and Madsen's novelistic style of writing make this book both entertaining and informative.

Il y avait une controle tres rationnelle sur la quantite des produits fabriques par la marque LV. Au cause d'un demande qui reste fort, et un fabrication rationnelle, il y a toujours un certain demande pas tout-a-fait supporte par la boite. Donc le prix peux reste eleve, et les marges restent aussi eleve (Market Research, 2007).

Qu'est-ce qui va passer avec LVMH dans l'avenir?

LVMH continue avec sa marche dans l'industrie de la mode dans le monde entier. Il y a des defis, bien sur. Un defi tres important est le contre faconnage des produits. Dans le passe, les contrefacons ont ete fabrique pour la plupart en Italie. La pratique est devenue plus important dans les pays de l'Orient, y inclus la Chine. Il y a une lutte tres importante de toute l'industrie de la France contre la contre faconnage dans ce pays, qui est suivi avec les moyens de la loi…...

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Weisman, K. (2007, October 8). Perfume industry aims to regain prestige. Internatinoal Herald Tribune, p. n.p.

Who2. (2007). Louis Vuitton History. Retrieved December 2, 2007, from Who2:  http://www.who2.com/louisvuitton.html 

La Groupe LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet-Hennessy)

Flapper Movement
The Effect of the Flappers on Today's Women

The 1920's in the U.S. And UK can be described as a period of great change, both socially and economically. During this period the image of the women completely changed and a "new women" emerged who appears to have impacted social changes occurring in future generations of both men and women. This new symbol of the women was the Flapper. The Flapper was a new type of young woman that was rebellious, fun, bold and outspoken (Zeitz, 2006). This research paper explains the rise and fall of the Flapper in the 1920's, explores its historical and current impact on women in terms of culture, work, gender and social behavior and reflects on its long-term impact of the position of today's women.

Evolution of the Flapper

Flappers, most often characterized as the "New Woman," originally emerged in the 1920s in the United States and the…...

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Allen, F.L. (1957). Only yesterday: An informal history of the nineteen-twenties. New York:

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Bliven, B. (1925, September 9).FlapperJane. New Republic, pp. 65-67.

1950s Fashions
Fashion and makeup trends in the 1950s reflected shifts in popular culture and were heavily influenced by film stars and television. A thriving youth culture contributed to changes in fashion, which were generally less conservative than in past decades. The exception was men's fashions, which became more subdued in the 1950s and included dark gray, blue, brown, and black suits. However, the Beatnik generation also contributed to fashion trends, and leather, denim blue jeans, and sneakers were also popular in the 1950s, especially among teenagers. Rock and roll also influenced the "greaser" look that developed around that time. The cult of the housewife similarly impacted new looks developing throughout the decade. A rise in consumerism encouraged many people to amass large, colorful wardrobes.

One of the most well-known fashion trends from the 1950s was the poodle skirt. Poodle skirts were round-cut, calf-length, full skirts, cinched at the waist. An applique…...

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history of the 1920's, a colorful era of tycoons, gangsters, bohemians and inventors. Areas covered include the arts, news and politics, science and humanities, business and industry, society fads and sports. The bibliography includes fives sources, with five quotations from secondary sources, and footnotes.
The 1920's are commonly referred to as the 'Roaring Twenties', an appropriate title for a decade that did indeed roar out of the Victorian Era. Gone were the corsets and up went the skirt hems as flapper girls bared their legs and speakeasies with bathtub gin dominated the nightlife.

Tycoons became America's royalties while bohemian lifestyles bore the twentieth century's most influential era of art and literature. Inventions brought us into the modern age of convenience and history making events.

The twenties began with a serious but short-lived post-war recession, following World War 1.

Yet, by the mid-twenties, business and industry had created legends that have become household names…...

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omen to History
omen have contributed to the history of the world from the beginning of time. Their stories are found in legends, myths, and history books. Queens, martyrs, saints, and female warriors, usually referred to as Amazon omen, writers, artists, and political and social heroes dot our human history. By 1865, women moved into the public arena, as moral reform became the business of women, as they fought for immigrant settlement housing, fought and struggled for the right to earn living wages, and stood up to the threats of the lynch mobs. The years beginning in 1865 is known as the Civil ar era and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. It was a time of great changes, especially for African-American women such as Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth. omen of all races had to fight for equal rights, even the right to vote (http://women.eb.com/women/nineteenth09.html).omenhave indeed 'come a long…...

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