Great Lives in Graphics: Coco Chanel

Buch | Hardcover

32 Seiten

2023
Button Books (Verlag)
978-1-78708-138-3 (ISBN)

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Great Lives in Graphics: Coco Chanel is a graphic retelling of Chanel’s story which gives children a visual snapshot of her life and career, while educating them on everything from the history of early twentieth century fashion and society to life in wartime France.

You may already know that Coco Chanel was a visionary who transformed the world of fashion, but did you know that she was also accused of being a secret agent for the Nazis during World War II? Or that she was superstitious and would read tarot cards to try to predict her future?

Great Lives in Graphics reimagines the lives of extraordinary people in vivid technicolour, presenting 250+ biographical facts in a new and exciting way. It takes the essential dates and achievements of each person’s life, mixes them with lesser-known facts and trivia, and uses infographics to show them in a fresh visual way that is genuinely engaging for children and young adults. The result is a colourful, fascinating and often surprising representation of that person’s life, work and legacy. Using timelines, maps, repeated motifs and many more beautiful and informative illustrations, readers learn not just about the main subject of the book but also about the cultural background of the time in which they lived.

Great Lives in Graphics has been created by Button Books' team of writers, editors, specialist historians and designers, who have collectively worked across a wide range of media including: books, magazines, newspaper, TV and radio. The design team have also worked for worldwide brands including: Nickelodeon, Penguin Books, Renault, MTV, Virgin and Levis.

Introduction 2

Chanel's World 4

Rags to Riches 6

Weight no Longer 8

Back in Black 10

Garconne Look 12

The Sweet Smell of Success 14

People and Places 16

Brilliant Branding 18

Work Work Work 20

Fashion Foes 22

Hooray for Hollywood 24

Secret Agent 26

Comeback Queen 28

A Life Less Ordinary 30

Glossary 32

Erscheinungsdatum	05.09.2023
Reihe/Serie	Great Lives in Graphics
Zusatzinfo	124 Illustrations, color
Sprache	englisch
Maße	204 x 249 mm
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Geschichte / Politik
ISBN-10	1-78708-138-9 / 1787081389
ISBN-13	978-1-78708-138-3 / 9781787081383
Zustand	Neuware