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Here is a distinctly unique and intimate look at the woman who transformed contemporary fashion. No stranger to photographing some of the world's most beloved icons-including Man Ray, Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, and Elizabeth Taylor, among countless others-Douglas Kirkland fixed his lens on Coco Chanel for 21 days in 1962. Sent to Paris on assignment for LOOK magazine, Kirkland lived with Chanel for three weeks, catching both the public and the intimate moments of the icon's daily life. This collection of never-before-seen photographs is as staggeringly beautiful as it is impassioned, shedding new light on one of the great stories of the modern age. With a compelling foreword by literary giant Judith Thurman, who poignantly contextualizes the relationship between Kirkland and Chanel, this book is every bit as incomparable as Mademoiselle herself.

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Each image makes you feel as though you are right there, experiencing this privileged world! - Eat Love Savor

Though we know Chanel best when she was at her height, Coco Chanel: Three Weeks/1962 by Douglas Kirkland (Glitterati Incorporated) provides a new look at the designer when she had returned to the public eye in the last decade of her life.--Miss Rosen Crave Online, July 3, 2015

The book serves as an affectionate photo album starring the 79-year old fashion pioneer as she tirelessly works at her atelier and commands the streets of Paris...the photos are so intimate that we feel like flies on those hallowed workroom walls, watching intently as Chanel and her team go about their day-to-day activities.--Stacey Appel, Fashion Follower 04/16/2015

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Douglas Kirkland is one of the best-known and longest working photographers of our time. He began on assignment for 'Look' and 'Life' magazines, where he photographed such icons as Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, and Marlene Dietrich. He has also photographed on the sets of over 100 motion pictures, many of them iconic. Kirkland has been named 'Photographer of the Year' (PMDA) and 'Mentor of the Year' (Fotofusion). He lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and business partner, Francoise. Judith Thurman writes primarily about fashion, its personages, trends, and history. She began contributing to 'The New Yorker' in 1987, and became a staff writer in 2000. She has won several awards, including the 1983 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

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