ALLURE OF CHANEL (PB)

Coco Chanel invited Paul Morand to visit her in St Moritz at the end of the Second World War. His notes of their conversations only came to light after Chanel's death. In Morand's transcription, first published in Paris in 1976, Chanel tells us about her friendship with Misia Sert; the men in her life including Boy Capel, the Duke of Westminster and Diaghilev; her philosophy of fashion; and the story behind the legendary Number 5 perfume. An extraordinary insight into Chanel the woman and the woman who created Chanel.