In 1962, world-class photographer Douglas Kirkland spent three weeks with the most important fashion icon of all time, Coco Chanel. Over the course of this stay, Kirkland photographed Coco with her friends, on the runway, and in the privacy of her homes. Kirkland reveals these never-before-seen photographs in all their vibrancy, shedding new light on one of the world’s most enduring, multi-faceted, and bestselling fashion legends of all time. This special edition, limited to 100 copies, offers a luxe edition of the book with French fold jacket and a cloth case, in a keepsake cloth box with the signed and numbered print enclosed inside, debossed onto the front cover of the box. An extraordinary way to experience the luxury always attendant to Coco Chanel and acquire a limited edition artwork. AUTHOR: Douglas Kirkland was born in Toronto Canada. He joined Look Magazine in his early twenties, and later Life Magazine during the golden age of 60s/70s photojournalism. Through the years, Kirkland has worked on the sets of over one hundred motion pictures, among them Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Sound of Music, Out of Africa, Titanic, Moulin Rouge, Australia and The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann’s film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire. Kirkland’s fine arts photography has been exhibited all over the world. His exhibition Freeze Frame is now in the permanent collection of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills. His work is also in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian, the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra Australia, the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Eastman House in Rochester and the Houston Center for Photography and the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles. SELLING POINTS:

A photographic celebration of Coco Chanel, from multi-award-winning photographer, Douglas Kirkland

Special edition, limited to 100 copies 144 colour images