Along Came Coco

Byrne Eva Byrne

Description

In a time when children were meant to be seen and not heard, along came Coco, a small French orphan with an eye for style, a talent for sewing, and a big imagination. Coco grew up in an orphanage run by very strict nuns, but she wasn't very good at following rules. At a time when girls were told to brush their hair 100 times until their arms were sore, Coco promised herself that one day she would snip away her locks so that she wouldn't have to be so fussy-girls needed time for other things, and they needed some of the comforts that boys enjoyed. Why shouldn't girls have pockets? And why did they have to wear corsets all the time? An exploration of Coco's early life and a celebration of her creativity, Along Came Coco shows the ways in which Coco Chanel's imaginative spirit led her to grow into one of the world's most beloved fashion icons.

Informations

• Publié par: ABRAMS BOOKS
• Date de parution: 19 mars 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781683354703
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

Fashion changes, but style endures.

-COCO CHANEL

IN A TIME WHEN

CHILDREN WERE SEEN AND NOT HEARD,

ALONG CAME COCO-A LITTLE FRENCH GIRL

WITH AN EYE FOR STYLE, A TALENT FOR SEWING,

AND A VERY, VERY BIG IMAGINATION.
The art for this book was created with watercolor, brush, and ink.

Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for and

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ISBN 978-1-4197-3425-0 eISBN 978-1-68335-470-3

Text and illustration copyright 2019 Eva Byrne

Book design by Pamela Notarantonio

Published in 2019 by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS.

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For my dear parents, Evelyn and Larry.

And for Ronnie, with love and

thanks, and our children: Ben, Sophie,

Jasmine, and Dylan,

-E.B.

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