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Coco Chanel - The Self-Invented Survivor Who Redefined Beauty | Ep.84 | The Scandal Mongers Podcast
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Anne de Courcy returns to the podcast by popular demand to talk about her astonishing book on Coco Chanel, and the glamorous but dangerous society that she dominated.
From the most deprived of backgrounds Chanel conquered the worlds of fashion and perfume. With her fast friends, wealthy and titled lovers and her appetite for the best things in life she basically ran the ’scene’ in Paris and the French Riviera.
Then war, occupation and the systematic murder of French Jews presented her with some terrible choices.
Her decision to work with the occupying authorities and take a powerful Nazi lover has cast a shadow over her reputation. But was her ‘collaboration horizontale’ forgivable?
Here is the article in which Phil mentioned the BBC's 'Niven Car' business in the 1980s...
https://thecritic.co.uk/im-done-with-po-faced-politicians/
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Manage episode 438758152 series 3515377
Anne de Courcy returns to the podcast by popular demand to talk about her astonishing book on Coco Chanel, and the glamorous but dangerous society that she dominated.
From the most deprived of backgrounds Chanel conquered the worlds of fashion and perfume. With her fast friends, wealthy and titled lovers and her appetite for the best things in life she basically ran the ’scene’ in Paris and the French Riviera.
Then war, occupation and the systematic murder of French Jews presented her with some terrible choices.
Her decision to work with the occupying authorities and take a powerful Nazi lover has cast a shadow over her reputation. But was her ‘collaboration horizontale’ forgivable?
Here is the article in which Phil mentioned the BBC's 'Niven Car' business in the 1980s...
https://thecritic.co.uk/im-done-with-po-faced-politicians/
You can buy the books we feature on the podcast here, along with thousands of others https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/chanel-s-riviera-life-love-and-the-struggle-for-survival-on-the-cote-d-azur-1930-1944-anne-de-courcy/1616455?aid=12054&ean=9781474608213&
***We now have a Thank You button (next to the ’three dots’) for small donations that help support our work***
*** If you enjoy our work please consider clicking the YouTube subscribe button, even if you listen to us on an audio app. It will help our brand to grow and our content to reach new ears.
Looking for the perfect gift for a special scandalous someone - or someone you’d like to get scandalous with? We’re here to help...
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ScandalMongers
THE SCANDAL MONGERS PODCAST is also available to watch on youtube...
https://www.youtube.com/@thescandalmongerspodcast/videos
The Scandal Mongers...
https://twitter.com/MongersPodcast
Phil Craig...
https://twitter.com/philmcraig
You can get in touch with the show via...
team@podcastworld.org
(place 'Scandal Mongers' in the heading)
Produced by
PodcastWorld.org
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
93 episodes
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