tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post2954051923017283907..comments2024-03-28T22:50:02.315+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Coco Chanel's Riviera - glamour, decadence and survival, 1930-44Helshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-21953248195016780902021-01-11T12:27:23.645+11:002021-01-11T12:27:23.645+11:00hello Hels , Interesting subject. I have read this...hello Hels , Interesting subject. I have read this book and found it very interesting too. Chanel had a pretty sad life .Lived on the surface with little trust for others to the extent that she lied comprehensively about her origins and her life . All the men she ever loved rejected her as mistress material rather than wife material and she therefore never had children . The Duke of Westminster married a younger woman to try and have an heir as by this stage Chanel was in her 40s and probably not able to have children anymore . <br /> Basically I think That Chanel was probably a very isolated person in that she couldn't actually ever be real with any of the people who she mixed with because she knew that they would judge her . Little wonder that such an emotionally closed down person could take up with Von Dinklage . He seems to have been on the scale of things a fairly inoffensive playboy dilettante who actually had been married to a Jewish woman before the war .He also was an intellectual lightweight who sniffed the wind and joined the side he thought would make his life the most comfortable. memhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192448988340897285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-89890585981465577322021-01-07T20:36:27.501+11:002021-01-07T20:36:27.501+11:00Techspot
No advertising please. Would you like so...Techspot<br /><br />No advertising please. Would you like some Coco Channel references?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-80537991716255700022021-01-07T19:18:56.200+11:002021-01-07T19:18:56.200+11:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.techspothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01787802467352885317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-54598565120322544672021-01-06T19:29:55.367+11:002021-01-06T19:29:55.367+11:00Fun60
I knew a great deal about her years in Par...Fun60 <br /><br />I knew a great deal about her years in Paris, before during and after the war, but nothing about her time next to the Mediterranean. Reading and writing blogs is a total learning experience for all of us.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-26210699254022069412021-01-06T19:26:08.853+11:002021-01-06T19:26:08.853+11:00Andrew
The invasion of the South didn't reall...Andrew<br /><br />The invasion of the South didn't really get going till 1944, so we have to assume that Channel moved in with Baron von Dincklage in Paris much earlier to avoid any tragedy (for her) yet to come. It was a very good decision for her, and for the Germans who used Chanel in their own missions. But also examine the connection between Channel and Churchill.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-24678526649040084642021-01-06T18:01:23.729+11:002021-01-06T18:01:23.729+11:00I knew nothing of Chanel's background and had ...I knew nothing of Chanel's background and had assumed a priviledged. How wrong could I be! Thank you for educating me once again.Fun60https://www.blogger.com/profile/08084441984556826917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-52507242970674193772021-01-06T17:28:46.105+11:002021-01-06T17:28:46.105+11:00It was interesting to revisit The Blue Train post....It was interesting to revisit The Blue Train post.<br /><br />I know little about the Riviera and I've not really been interested in visiting there but it does look good in the photograph. I'd be interested to know more about the German occupation of the Riviera. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-71067181523407555402021-01-06T13:05:14.109+11:002021-01-06T13:05:14.109+11:00Pipistrello
I agree with you that we tend to revi...Pipistrello<br /><br />I agree with you that we tend to review the legacy of important people from previous generations through our modern-day mores. After all, we are totally offended by generations who used to support slavery or locked their daughters away if they had sex before marriage. But I don't think Chanel's reputation remained intact because of good marketing. She really was creative and productive in her own area, and changed women's lives. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-37610099524915469152021-01-06T12:52:42.115+11:002021-01-06T12:52:42.115+11:00bazza
read Anne De Courcy’s book, Chanel's Ri...bazza<br /><br />read Anne De Courcy’s book, Chanel's Riviera. Although I thought de Courcy understated Chanel's politics, you will enjoy the book. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-86393193119868783882021-01-06T12:49:59.450+11:002021-01-06T12:49:59.450+11:00Parnassus
Coco Chanel had the most miserable, lon...Parnassus<br /><br />Coco Chanel had the most miserable, lonely childhood, until the day she walked out of her orphanage at 18. So it is even more impressive that she became immensely talented and that her life was filled with intellectual and cultural glamour. But she didn't edge towards the wrong side... she enthusiastically leapt.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-55614070418634992021-01-06T11:36:06.206+11:002021-01-06T11:36:06.206+11:00Hi Hels, I recently read this, too, a birthday gif...Hi Hels, I recently read this, too, a birthday gift. Chanel was never really on my radar much, apart from the perfume department, so I was curious to read about her in the context of her earlier days and I came away with a distinct dislike for the woman, for a whole host of reasons. With our present-day trend for reviewing the legacy of persons of influence from previous generations through the prism of modern-day mores, the brand and cult-of-personality of Chanel is remarkably untarnished. Mention her name or her style today and many will swoon and wax lyrical about her revolutionary genius and whatnot. The enduring power of marketing, I guess.Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-27571719009489106842021-01-06T09:12:37.354+11:002021-01-06T09:12:37.354+11:00This reminded me of a satirical radio play I heard...This reminded me of a satirical radio play I heard on the BBC. A character, presumably based on Coco Chanel, created a new perfume called Compost. It was meant to appeal to the country-loving man! I have always resisted the allure of Chanel, thinking of her a Nazi sympathiser; a pretty large club I suppose!<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s broadly banal Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-24424625973979313372021-01-05T23:42:00.900+11:002021-01-05T23:42:00.900+11:00Hello Hels, I know that Chanel was immensely tale...Hello Hels, I know that Chanel was immensely talented and that her life is filled with name-dropping glamour. Knowing so many high-level people, she still edged toward the wrong side, and so my admiration, even for her fashion sense, is vastly diminished.<br />--Jim<br />p.s. I am allergic to perfume and it is one of the banes of my existence, another strike against Chanel!Parnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-68724101363113338252021-01-05T23:13:09.971+11:002021-01-05T23:13:09.971+11:00Deb
This 2nd Duke of Westminster had 3 wives befo...Deb<br /><br />This 2nd Duke of Westminster had 3 wives before WW2 and a fourth wife after. Plus mistresses between wives and overlapping his married periods. Fortunately he had lots of estates, in various countries, so each wife and mistress would not have known what the others were doing.<br /><br />My only problem was that the Duke was pro-German, anti-Semitic and a member of the Right Club. But that suited Coco Chanel well. He was very pleased to gift her the land on the French Riviera AND a house in Mayfair.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-10159851728707485252021-01-05T21:13:11.574+11:002021-01-05T21:13:11.574+11:00If the Duke of Westminster was one of the richest ...If the Duke of Westminster was one of the richest men in the world, why did Coco Chanel leave him after 10 years? And if he had a legal wife, how did Coco inherit his villa in La Pausa?Debnoreply@blogger.com