Lisa Chaney - Coco Chanel - An Intimate Life

Barthes, Roland

Barthou, Foreign Minister

Basilica of Saint Anthony, Padua

Bate, Frederick

Bate-Lombardi, Vera

battle of the sexes

Beaton, Cecil

Beaufort Castle

Beaumont, Edith

Beaumont, Etienne de

Beaumont College

Beaux, Ernest

Bedford, Sybille

Beige

Bel Ami (Maupassant)

belle excentrique, La (ballet)

Bel Respiro

Bend’Or

Bérard, Christian (Bébé)

Bergen, Candice

Bergman, Ingrid

Bernhardt, Sarah

Bernstein, Antoinette

Bernstein, Georges

Bernstein, Henri-Adrien

Berthelot, Philippe

Besson, Luc

beuglants

Biarritz, France

bias-cut clothes

Bibesco, Princess Marthe

Bibliothèque Nationale

biches, Les (Diaghilev ballet)

Blanche, Jacques-Emile

Bloomingdale’s

blues

Blue Train

Blum, Léon

boeuf sur le toit, Le (Cocteau)

Boeuf sur le Toit, Le (bar)

Bohan, Marc

Boldini, Giovanni

Bon Marché, Le

Bonnard, Pierre

Boulez, Pierre

Bouquet, Carole

Bouquet de Catherine

Bourdelle, Antoine

Bourjois

Bousquet, Marie-Louise

boussac, Marcel

Bow, Clara

brands

Braque, Georges

Breker, Arno

Bresson, Robert

Breton, André

British Expeditionary Force

British War Office

Brosse

Brown Network, The

Brunhoff, Maurice de

Brunhoff, Michel de

Buchenwald

Bullitt, William

Burberry

Burton, Richard

cabarets

Café de Paris

café society

Caillavet, Simone de

calisthenics

camellia flower

Capel, Ann Diana France Ayesha

Capel, Arthur

birth of

Coco’s first meeting with

Coco supported by

death of

inheritance of

letters of

marriage proposal to Wyndham by

on Misia’s decorations

in Morand’s novel

poor health of

rumored paternity of

in Sem’s caricature

at Sorel’s dinner party

treatise on women by

at Versailles conference

will of

womanizing by

work done by

in World War I,

Wyndham’s affair with

Capel, Arthur Joseph

Capel, Bertha

Capel, Berthe

Capel, Edith

Capel, June

Capel, Marie-Henriette

Capel, Thomas

Caracciolo, Olga

Cardin, Pierre

Cartier

Caryathis (Elise Toulemon)

Casa Maury, Marquise de

Casati, Luisa

Castelain, Admiral

Castellane, Boni de

Castries, Countess

Catholics

Céline (Gabrielle’s maid)

Cendrars, Blaise

Cévennes, France

Chagall, Marc

Chaillet, Robert

Chamberlain, Neville

Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne

Chambrun, René de

Chanel, Adrienne

advertising for Coco by

in affair with de Nexon

beuglants visited by

clothing of

death of

at draper’s shop

at Notre Dame convent

suitors of

Chanel, Alphonse

birth of

death of

placed with peasant farmers

Chanel, Angélina

Chanel, Antoinette

in Aubazine convent

at Biarritz shop

birth of

in Coco’s hat shop

in departure to Buenos Aires

marriage of

at Notre Dame convent

suicide of

Chanel, Eugénie Jeanne Devolle:

Coco’s reminiscences of

death of

marriage of

pregnancy of

work by

Chanel, Gabrielle (Coco):

appearance of

artistic character of

artists supported by

in Aubazine convent

“aunts” of

autobiographical stories of

Balsan’s affair with

Balsan’s proprosals to

Bend’Or’s affair with

beuglants visited by

birth of

bisexuality of

Capel’s affair with

Capel’s death and

Capel’s educating of

Capel’s support for

Catholicism of

Chapel’s marriage and

childhood pranks of

cleanliness as preoccupation of

collaboration charge against

Dalí’s affair with

in Dalí’s novel

dancing by

death of

d’Harcourt’s affair with

at draper’s shop

drug use of

education of

effects of Depression on

in escape from World War II Paris

estate of

grudge against family held by

hats worn by

as horsewoman

importance of socializing to

independence pursued by

influence sought by

injuries of

intelligence of

Iribe’s affair with

kidnapped by Resistance

lack of sophistication in

life story desired by

Lipchitz’s sculpture of

loneliness of

luxurious lifestyle of

make-believe practiced by

memoirs of

as modern woman

modesty of

money earned by

in Morand’s novel

mother’s death and

myth of

needlework of

nickname of

at Notre Dame convent

novels read by

at Parade ’s premiere

paradoxes of

Pavlovich’s affair with

peace settlement negotiations of

photos of

polo learned by

practicality of

at premier of Rite of Spring

as rejected by father

as reluctant writer

Reverdy’s affair with

Ritz decorated by

Rolls-Royce of

servants’ relationship with

short hair of

singing by

sleepwalking by

small number of letters written by

at Sorel’s dinner party

stories of father retold and revised by

Stravinsky’s affair with

as superstitious

in Switzerland

unhappy childhood of

Visconti’s affair with

Chanel, Gabrielle (Coco), as designer:

advertising for

in affair with von Dincklage

Antigone ’s costumes designed by

austerity and simplicity of

at balls

Biarritz salon opened by

business details disdained by

Cocteau’s friendship with

competitors of

couture house closed during World War II by

criticism of

Dali’s work with

Deauville shop opened by

earliest dresses of

Fenosa’s affair with

growing reputation of

in Hollywood

imitation jewelry of

impeccable timing of

Lagerfeld as apprentice to

for La Marseillaise

large output of

for Le Train Bleu

little black dress of

in magazines

materials used by

method of creation in

as milliner

models for

in move into Ritz

for 1919 spring ball

of pajamas

Picasso’s affair with

practicality of

Radiguet’s funeral and

registered as couturier

Rules of the Game costumes designed by

in Sem’s caricature

upper classes hired by

in World War I,

see also Chanel № 5

Chanel, Henri-Adrien

Chanel, Henri-Albert (Albert)

children abandoned by

Coco’s retelling of stories about

Jean’s family’s dislike of

marriage refused by

as womanizer

Chanel, Hippolyte

Chanel, House of

World War II closing of

Chanel, Joseph

Chanel, Julia-Berthe

in Aubazine convent

birth of

mother’s death and

at Notre Dame convent

suicide of

Chanel, Louise

Chanel, Lucien

birth of

death of

placed with peasant farmers

Chanel (farmhouse)

Chanel Company

Chanel Modes

Chanel N°

bottles for

business dispute over

creation of

ingredients in

naming of

sales of

Chanel № 19,

Chanel № 22,

Chanel Parfums

Chantilly racetrack

Chaplin, Charlie

Chardon, Augustin

Charles-Roux, Edmonde

Charvet, House of