The review I read, in the Washington Post seemed to suggest this was all new stuff, but I remember hearing years ago she was a collaborator. Evidently, though, the author has found lots of records squirreled away in various archives since WWII, including in the former Soviet Union, so the picture is much more complete.
Ann Wass -----Original Message----- From: Monica Spence <monicaspe...@optonline.net> To: h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Mon, Aug 22, 2011 7:22 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] Review of new biography of Chanel Thanks for speaking up ladies. I teach Fashion History and my students are shocked to hear this, but I think we are obliged to tell them. Heck, most of them have no idea about what happened in WWII or even the Holocaust. Sad. They look at History like they view Reality TV. Monica -----Original Message----- From: annbw...@aol.com Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 12:21 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] Review of new biography of Chanel And she also took advantage of the anti-semitism to throw her partner/backer for Chanel No. 5 under the bus and take total control. I could sort of accept her collaboration to save her relatives, which seems to be how it started, but she went way beyond that to profit by it and keep living the good life. Ann Wass -----Original Message----- From: Lavolta Press <f...@lavoltapress.com> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Sun, Aug 21, 2011 1:44 pm Subject: [h-cost] Review of new biography of Chanel http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/21/RV951KK5JF.DTL If this link does not work for you, go to www.sfgate.com and search for "the scent of a collaborator." This book apparently illuminates what I've long disliked about Chanel. I don't mind her having been a kept mistress, but she was an active Nazi collaborator and espionage agent, and that I really do mind. No quantity of color pictures and gush about her creations can change that for me. Fran Lavolta Press www.lavoltapress.com www.facebook.com/LavoltaPress _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
