by Lisa Chaney
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
Chase, Margaret
Chautemps, Camille
Chazot, Jacques
Cheruit, Madeleine
Chevalier, Maurice
Chevigné, Comtesse de
chinchilla
Chloé
Choltitz, Dietrich von
Churchill, Clementine
Churchill, Rudolph
Churchill, Winston
Ciro’s
Clair, René
Claire, Ina
Clarke, Henry
Claudine à l’école (Colette)
Clemenceau, Georges
coal
Coco (musical)
Coco Mademoiselle
Cocteau, Jean
Antigone modernized by
ballet costumes designed by
on Coco’s religion
death of
drugs used by
in love with Radiguet
Parade libretto written by
Coga Foundation
Colbert, Claudette
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Colette, Sidonie-Gabrielle
collars
colors
Comédie Française
communists
Comœdia Illustré
Concertino for String Quartet (Stravinsky)
Condé Nast Publications
Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Aubazine
Cooper, Diana
Cooper, Duff
Copeau, Jacques
Coromandel screens
Corrigan, Laura
corsets
cotton
Count d’Orgel’s Ball (Radiguet)
Courpière, France
Courrèges, Andrés
courtesans
Cravates de chanvre (Reverdy)
cross-dressing
Croÿ, Odile de, Princesse
cubism
Cuir de Russie
Cukor, George
Cunard, Nancy
Cutty Sark (Bend’Or’s yacht)
Cyril Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia
Czechoslovakia
Dada
Daladier, Edouard
Dalí, Gala
Dalí, Salvador
Coco’s affair with
in collaboration with Schiaparelli
letters to Coco from
Dame aux camélias, La (Dumas)
D’Arcangues, Comtesse Mimi
Davelli, Gabrielle
Davelli, Marthe
Daves, Jessica
Davidol
Davies, Lady Mary
D-day
Deauville, France
Deauville racetrack
Debussy, Claude
Decourcelle, Pierre
Degas, Edgar
de Gaulle, Charles
Delay, Claude
Delay, Jean
Delay, Marie-Louise
de Mille, Cecil B.
democracy
Demoiselles d’Avignon, Les (Picasso)
Deneuve, Catherine
Denis, Maurice
Denmark
Déon, Michel
department stores
de Pougy, Liane
de Quincey, Thomas
Derby, Lord
Desbordes, Jean
Desbutin, M. and Mme.
Dessoffy, Comte
Dessoffy, Hélène, Comtesse
Devil in the Flesh, The (Radiguet)
Devolle, Marin
Diaghilev, Sergei
ballets by
death of
drugs and
and Gabrielle
homosexuality of
Misia’s friendship with
dialects
Dietrich, Marlene
Dincklage, Georg-Jito von
Dincklage, Hans Günther, Baron von
divorce of
Dior, Christian
Dirys, Jeanne
Dmitri Pavlovich, Grand Duke of Russia
death of
diary of
Gabrielle’s affair with
Dolin, Anton
Dorziat, Gabrielle
Doubazow, Countess
Doucet, Jacques
Downside School
Doyle, Arthur Conan
dressmakers
Drieu La Rochelle, Pierre
drugs
Dubois, André-Louis
Duchamp, Marcel
Duff, Juliet
Dullin, Charles
Dumas, Alex
Duncan, Isadora
du Plessix, Tatiana
Durst, André
Eau de Chanel
education
Edwards, Al
fred
Edwards, Misia, see Sert, Misia Edwards
Edward VII, King of England
Edward VIII, King of England (formerly Prince of Wales)
Eiffel Tower
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Eldorado
Elle
Erlanger, Baba d’
Ernst, Max
Eugénie, Empress of France
eurythmics
exercise
fake-pearl stud earrings
fashion
change in
as democratic
Gabrielle’s revolutionary style in
in movies
place and moment expressed by
practical outfits for women in
at racetracks
style vs.
subjectivity of
Fashion Group Import Show
Faubourg Saint-Honoré
Faucigny-Lucinge, Princess Baba Erlanger de
Fauré, Gabriel
Fellowes, Daisy
Fellowes, Reginald
Femina
femme fatale
Fendi
Fenosa, Apelles
Féraud, Louis
Ferguson Brothers
feuilletons
Figaro, Le
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Flanner, Janet
flappers
Fleming, Oscar
Flying Cloud (Bend’Or’s yacht)
Foch, Ferdinand
Folies-Bergère
Forsane
Foucault, Madeleine de
Fougère Royale
Fournier, Virginie-Angélina
Fourniers
fox-hunting
Foy, Baron
France
physical culture in
post-World War I rebuilding of
see also Paris; World War I
Franco, Francisco
François, Lucien
Fraser, Laura
Fraser, Simon
Freemasons
French language
French Revolution
Freud, Sigmund
futurism
Galeries Lafayette
Garbo, Greta
garçonne, la
Garçonne, La (Margueritte novel)
Gardénia
Gaulois, Le
Gauthier-Villars, Henry (Willy)
Gellibrand, Paula
Gentlemen Philosophers (at Stonyhurst)
George V, King of England
Gerbière, La (house)
German Intelligence Service
German Supreme Command
Germany, see World War I
Gestapo
Ghika, Princess (Lianne de Pougy)
Giacometti, Alberto
Gide, André
Gish, Lillian
Go-Between, The (L. P. Hartley)
Goebbels, Joseph
Goering, Emmy
Goering, Hermann
Goldwyn, Samuel
Goosens, Robert
Goudeket, Maurice
Gould, Florence
Goursat, Georges, see Sem (Georges Goursat)
Gramont, Duc Armand de
Gramont, Duchesse de Clermont-Tonnerre, Elisabeth de
Gramont, Maria de
Grand Café
Grand Meaulnes, Les (Alain-Fournier)
grands magasins
Grangeémentine de la, Baroness
Grasset, Bernard
Great Britain
in World War I,
Great Depression
Gripoix, Madame
Gris, Juan
grisettes
Grumbach, Lilou Marquand, see Marquand, Lilou
Guerlain, Aimé
Guilbert, Yvette
Guitry, Sacha
Guyborget, Philippe
hair
Harcourt, Antoinette d’, Comtesse
Harcourt, François d’, Comte
Harcourt, Jean d’, Comte
harem pants
Harper’s Bazaar
Hartley, L. P.
hats
Haussman, Georges-Eugène
Heim, Philippe
Heller, Gerhard
Helleu, Jacques
Helleu, Jean
Helleu, Paul
hemlines
Henley, Mrs. Anthony, Hon.
Henraux, Lucien
Henri II, King of France
Hepburn, Katharine
Hidden Faces (Dalí)
Hinnisdal, Mlle. d’
Hitler, Adolf
Hoare, Samuel, Sir
Holland
homosexuality
Honegger, Arthur
horizontal collaboration
horse racing
horse riding
Horst, Horst P.
Hôtel de Lauzan see also Faubourg St-Honoré
Houbigant
Hugo, François
Hugo, Jean
Hugo, Valentine
Huguenots
Hutton, Barbara
Huxley, Aldous
Huxley, Julian
Huxley, Maria
Idylle saphique (de Pougy)
India
industrialization
Iribarnegaray, Maybelle
Iribe (Paul Iribarnegaray)
Italy
jackets
Jacob, Max
Jacques-Dalcroze, Emile
jasmine
jazz
jeans
jersey
jerseys
Jesuits
jewelry
Jews
Jicky
Jockey Club (Paris)
Jouhandeau, Marcel
Jünger, Ernst
Karajan, Herbert von
Karam, Princess of Kapurthala
Kay, Patrick
Kelly, Grace
Kensington University College
Kessel, Georges
Kidman, Nicole
King of Kings (film)
Kisling, Moise
Kitmir (embroidery company)
Klein, Samuel
Knightley, Keira
Knights of the Round Table, The
Kochno, Boris
Koutouzof, Count
Krebs, Germaine
Kutter-Micklefield, Marie-Valery
Laborde, Comte Léon de
Labrunie, Gabrielle
Labyrinth, The (Schellenberg)
Lagerfeld, Karl
Laloy, Louis
Lang, Fritz
Lanvin, Jeanne
Laroche, Guy
Laurencin, Marie
Laurens, Henri
Laval, Pierre
Lawrence, D. H. and Frieda
Leclerc, Joseph
Leclerc, Marie
Leclerc, Suzanne
Lee, William
Left Bank
Léger, Fernand
Lelong, Natalie
Lempicka, Tamara de
Lenin. I.
Lerbier, Monique
Léry, Jeanne
Lesage
lesbians
Lestringuez, Pierre
Leusse, Claude de
Lewis, Maison
Lewis et Irène (Morand)
Liberman, Alex
Liberman, Tatiana du Plessix
Lifar, Serge
Lipchitz, Jacques
Lister, Thomas. See Ribblesdale, Lord.
little black dress
livre de la fumée, Le (Laloy)
Lollobrigida, Gina
Lombardi, Colonel
Londsdale, Lord
Longchamp racecourse
Loos, Anita
Louis XIV, King of France
Louis Napoléon
Lovat, Laura, Lady
Lovat, Lord
Lubersac, Odon de
Ludres, Marquise de
Luxemburg, Rosa
Macy’s
Madoux, Georges
Maeght, Aimé
magazines
mail order catalogues
&nbs
p; Mainbocher
Mallarmé, Stefan
Malraux, André
Mann, Thomas
Manners, Diana
Manning, Cardinal
Man Ray
Marais, Jean
Marcus, Neiman, Fashion Oscar
Margueritte, Victor
Maria Pavlovna (the elder), Grand Duchess of Russia
Marie Pavlovna (the younger), Grand Duchess of Russia
embroideries of
Mariés de la Tour Eiffel, Les (Cocteau)
Maritain, Jacques
Marling, Charles and Lucia
Marne, First Battle of
Marquand, Christian
Marquand, Lilou
Marseillaise, La (film)
Martínez de Hoz, Madame
Martinez de Hoz, Paul Eduardo
Massine, Léonide
Massis, Henri-Adrien
Matisse, Henri
Maugham, Somerset
Maupassant, Guy de
Maurras, François
Maxim’s
Mazuel, Maud
Mdivani, Roussadana See also Sert.
Medici, Catherine de’
Mendl, Lady
Menkes, Suzy
Meyer, Baron Adolphe de
Meyer, Olga Caracciolo de
Michelham, Lady
Milhaud, Darius
Mille, Gérard
Mille, Hervé
Millin, Bill
milliners
miniskirt
Mironnet, Jean (François)
Mistinguett
Mitford, Nancy
Mode, Les
modernism
Modigliani, Amedeo
Moltke, Helmuth von
Molyneux, Edward
Momm, Theodor
Monroe, Marilyn
Monte Carlo
Morand, Paul
Gabrielle’s memoirs taken down by
Lewis et Irène written by
Sorel’s dinner party recorded by
Moreau, Jeanne
Moulin Rouge
Moulins, France
Mournay, Comte de (Zed)
Moustiers, Comtesse
Muggeridge, Malcolm
Mugnier, Abbé
mulberries
Munich pact
Munnings, Hilda
Murat, Therese, Comtesse
Murat, Violette, Princesse
Murphy, Gerald and Sara
Mussolini, Benito
Nametalla, Marguerite (Maggie van Zuylen)
Nana (Zola)
Napoléon I, Emperor of France
Napoléon III, Emperor of France (Louis Napoléon)
Nast, Condé
Natanson, Thadée
National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC)
New Look, the
New York, N.Y.
New Yorker
New York Times
Nexon, Barone Maurice de
Nicholas II, Tsar
Nijinska, Bronislava
Nijinsky, Vaslav
Noailles, Comtesse Anna de
Noces, Les (ballet)
Noces villageoises, Les (Diaghilev ballet)
Nord-Sud
Northcliffe, Alfred
Norway
Nothing Doing Bar. See also Boeuf sur le Toit, Le
Notre Dame convent
novels, serial
Nuremberg war trials
Odile de Croÿ, Princesse
Oedipus Rex (Cocteau)
Ollivier, Valéry
Operation Modelhut
