Coco Chanel Was Investigated by the French During WWII
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. 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's intelligence agency.
Coco Chanel under scrutiny as document proves that she worked for Hitler
In London, the Victoria and Albert Museum hosts a retrospective of the life and career of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, from the Chanel No. 5 perfume to the designer's Nazi affiliation.. Including more than 200 designs, the Victoria and Albert Museum's exhibition covers everything from the creation of Chanel No. 5 to the designer's Nazi affiliation.
A Coco Chanel Exhibition Opens at London's Victoria and Albert Museum - Air Mail
When Coco Chanel died in her suite at the Ritz in Paris 50 years ago this week, the world mourned the greatest fashion designer of the century. What no one mentioned was that Chanel had spent the Second World War in the luxury hotel with her German officer lover working as a spy for both German military intelligence and the SS.
Strong whiff of wartime scandal clings to Coco Chanel
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Catharina 'Toto' Koopman: Vogue cover girl and WWII spy
Sleeping With the Enemy: Coco Chanel, Nazi Agent eBook : Vaughan, Hal: Kindle Store
The first British exhibition dedicated to the French pioneer of chic will not gloss over her collaborationist activities
Coco Chanel's double life as Nazi spy to be woven into V&A exhibition
Author Anne Sebba reveals a female-driven wartime France through series of sweeping vignettes in her new book 'Les Parisiennes'
The women in WWII Paris who 'did what they had to' for survival
The legend lives on: New exhibition devoted to Chanel's life and work opens at London's V&A Museum
A major new exhibition is opening at London’s V&A Museum to honor and celebrate the life and iconic designs, as well as many more lesser-known creations by famed French designer Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel.
The legend lives on: New exhibition devoted to Chanel's life and work opens at London's V&A Museum
On a beautiful day in May 2015, President François Hollande, standing on the vast steps of Paris’s Pantheon, facing four caskets draped with the French Tricolore, paid homage to four heroes of the…
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Catherine Dior, the sister of Christian Dior, was a crucial figure of the French Resistance. Clémence Michallon speaks to author Justine Picardie, whose new book provides an in-depth look at Catherine’s life and legacy
The incredible story of the real Miss Dior
From the Margins to the Core of Haute Couture: The Entrepreneurial Journey of Coco Chanel - Volume 24 Issue 2
From the Margins to the Core of Haute Couture: The Entrepreneurial Journey of Coco Chanel, Enterprise & Society