Lavishly illustrated with photographs of coco chanel and her celebrated circle of friends and lovers chanel a woman of her own is the story of the magnificent woman whose legend lives on more items to explore page 1 of 1 start over page 1 of 1 previous page vogue essentials heels . Coco chanel a biography gave me an insight into many things other than fashion including politics and women in france coco chanel changed women not only in the way they dress but also in their mentality coco learned to dress make from the nuns at the orphanage and began working at a dressmakers. Lavishly illustrated with photographs of coco chanel and her celebrated circle of friends and lovers chanel a woman of her own is the story of the magnificent woman whose legend lives on about the author axel madsen was a biographer and journalist born in denmark and raised in paris he first began writing for the paris edition of the new york herald tribune he moved to los angeles in . Chanel a woman of her own ebook axel madsen amazonca kindle store skip to main content try prime hello sign in account lists sign in account lists orders try prime cart kindle store go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals