Coco Chanel

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.

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.Some of the awards he has received include a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American S.O.C., Photographer of the Year from the PMA, a Lucie Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment Photography from the IPA in 2003, The Golden Eye of Russia in April 2006 and a Life Time Achievement Award from CAPIC in his native Toronto Canada in May 2006. In October 2007, Douglas received an Honorary Master of Fine Arts Degree from Brooks Institute of Photography for his deep commitment and dedication to his profession. He has published 10 books of his photography, including Light Years, Legends, An Evening with Marilyn, and Coco Chanel, Three Weeks.When not travelling the globe on assignments, Kirkland's home and studio is in the Hollywood Hills, where he lives with his wife and business partner Francoise.