About the book: 2021 / The book of the writer Victoria Balashova is dedicated to the biography of Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel - one of the brightest creators and propagandists of “high fashion”, which created the popular ones to this day Since then, samples of clothing, perfumes, accessories. The author tells in detail and fascinatingly how a girl from a poor family, the daughter of a traveling merchant, through her work and enterprise, made her way to the heights of fame and wealth. However, the price of success was loneliness: Chanel lost her family, did not start a family, and her love each time ended in sad separation. The book does not hide the shameful page of Chanel’s life - her collaboration with the Nazi occupiers during the Second World War. However, all the sins and mistakes of Mademoiselle, as the French called her, do not detract from her outstanding role in the world of fashion and the charm of her personality, which still arouses interest not only in France, but throughout the world.