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Coco Chanel: Fashion Designer, Nazi Informant, Antiques Roadshow

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Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture by Justine Picardie, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2021, nonfiction, 438 pages, magnificently illustrated, some color

Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture, Pritzker Military Museum & Library

New documents surfaced in September indicating that Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel may have played a double role during World War II, serving not only as an informant for the Nazis but also as a member of the…

Historian debunks claims that Coco Chanel served in the French Resistance

During the Second World War, many well-known fashion brands were accused of collaborating with the Nazis. However, Coco Chanel, the iconic founder of the luxury brand, is not only accused of fraternizing with high-level Nazi officials but that she capitalized on her powerful connections to oust Jewish business partners in her company. Her loyalty to the German party…

Coco Chanel-Fascist designer – History of Sorts

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…

Femmes Résistantes: World War II's Unsung Warriors - France Today

Coco Chanel spied for the Nazis, French documentary claims

“Remarkable” ―Hamish Bowles, Vogue The overdue restora…

Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture by Justine Picardie

For decades after her death in 1971, the scandalous rumours that French fashion icon Coco Chanel had been a Nazi collaborator during the wartime Occupation of Paris remained just whispers in quiet corners.

The Dressmaker's Secret by Lorna Cook: Brimming with poignancy and drama, rich in period atmosphere - book review

I get the impression that France fiercly resisted Nazi occupation in WW2, and nearly all French were resistance fighters or supporters. Is this true, or a fabrication? - Quora

Kulturhuset in Stockholm, Sweden, presents Lee Miller, War and Fashion, a fantastic retrospective on the American fashion photographer, on view through March 4, 2018. “Come…. Kulturhuset in Stockholm, Sweden, presents Lee Miller, War and Fashion, a fantastic retrospective on the American fashion photographer, on view through March 4, 2018. […]

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