Everyone knows of Coco Chanel as a fashion icon and style pioneer. She is justly respected for her vision, brilliance, and the way she changed the world of
Coco Chanel: Nazi Collaborator & Spy – Kafkaesque
Do Coco Chanel's Nazi Connections Matter For Fashion Today?
Coco Chanel spent her later years trying to hide her secret espionage activities with the Gestapo during WWII and her virulent anti-Semitic views.. Five years ago, I wrote a blog by the same name. It was back in the days when I purposely limited my blogs to no more than five or six hundred words (my Millennial friends told me this was the “norm”). I’ve re-read some of those blogs and frankly, I’m embarrassed. First, my writing style […]
Coco Chanel: Nazi Collaborator or Spy? - Stew Ross Discovers
A written record made public for the first time in a documentary broadcast on French television last night is said to prove that the late fashion designer was a member of Adolf Hitler. Justine Picardie unearths the life of Coco Chanel and the men that occupied it.
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Newly released documents make a strong case that the fashion icon may have been leading a double life.
Was Coco Chanel a Nazi Spy?
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Read the gripping story of Catherine Dior's wartime role in the French Resistance in this extract from Justine Picardie's Miss Dior.
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