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Isabelle Varlet, charming and naive, comes from a long line of seamstresses in a small town in France A series of unfortunate events and her prodigious sartorial talent carry her to Paris, which in the wake of World War I is electric with new life When Isabelle takes a job in the atelier of Coco Chanel, the rising star of haute couture, she finds herself in the heart of a glamorous and ruthless world filled with arrogant designers, handsome men, beautiful women, and fashion thieves who prowl Paris hoping to steal designs before they hit the runway.In Chanel s workshop, Isabelle thrives on the time honored techniques of couture the pains taking hand stitches, the perfect fall of fabric and the sleek, pared down lines of Mademoiselle s revolutionary style As Isabelle brings an exquisite dress to life for the fall collection from its embryonic origins in humble muslin to its finished form in the finest silk she navigates the tempestuous moods of Chanel, the cutthroat antics of her fellow workers, and her own search for love.Just as she did in her critically acclaimed novel I Am Madame X, Gioia Diliberto brings a rich historical moment to life through her vivid and compelling storytelling Her penetrating research and imagination are gracefully woven together in this poignant story filled with larger than life characters embroiled in scandalous tales, passionate love affairs, and extraordinary careers The Collection is an exuberantly entertaining read. Download The Collection – kino-fada.fr This is the story of a young woman working in the haute couture industry in Paris shortly after the first world war It s rather interesting to read the account of how Coco Chanel came up with her collection And that s the issue with the book for me Isabelle, in theory...As a seamstress this book SPOKE to me The Collection is a lovely story about a young women who finds herself, love of couture and life through her time in Paris in the early 1900 s as a couture master seamstress with the best houses...This was a wonderful story If you are fan of fashion and the couture industry this fictional account of what it might have been like to work for Coco Chanel in the earliest days of her house should interest you.Small town girl Isabelle Varlet comes to Paris with an ability to sew, a letter of introduction to Gabrielle Chanel, and big dreams but not much else She s lucky enough to be hired on as a seamstress, and so begins a whirlwind of a career working for arguably the most famous clothing This was a wonderful story If you are fan of fashion and the couture industry this fictional account of what it might have been like to work for Coco Ch...Isabelle Varlet, a sweet and gifted seamstress moves to Paris after WW I She is recovering from the deaths of her fiancee and cherished family members The author is a good storyteller and I eagerly read about all the intriques in the world of high fashion I learned of the di...Well, at least I read a book about something other than pregnancy and childbirth this winter Of course, this novel is about sewing, so one could say I was cheating and just fantasizing about baby projects as I read Diliberto s book is ...The book was pretty good until the end She got to a very important part of the story and then copped out by skipping to an epilogue forty years later rather than actually telling the rest of the story So I ended up being disappointed.3.5 stars Really was a lovely book I was impressed with the amount of research put into this story A couple of years ago, my boyfriend at the time took me to Paris And one of the first places I drug him to was Rue Cambon I had to see the Chanel storefront And standing in front of it, I was awed at the woman who created the legend My boyfriend kept urging me to go inside but I wouldn t I was scared it wouldn t live up to my ideas, my expectations of what I thought those iconic C s stood f 3.5 stars Really was a lovely book I was impressed with the amount of research put into this story A couple of years ago, my boyfriend at the time took me to Paris And one of the first places I drug him to was Rue Cambon I had to see the Chanel storefront And standing in front of it, I was awed at the woman who created the legend My boyfriend kept urging me to go inside but I wouldn t I was scared it wouldn t live up to my ideas, my expectations of what I thought those iconic C s stood for But I ...Very dry and boring account of Channel and Post WW1 Paris I am a seamstress and normally am drawn to a book such as this one and find merit where others do not So, I waited and hoped for this story to ...Love this book I am a big fan of the history of costume so this story was fun to read Will look for other books by this author.This had so much potential but it fell flat for me The plot became a bit boring and a little dragged out It still gave some interesting insight into what couture was like during that time.

The Collection
  • English
  • 16 December 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 275 pages
  • 0743280652
  • Gioia Diliberto
  • The Collection