The Legend And The Life, celebrated journalist Justine Picardie resided in the Abbey that Coco (born Gabrielle) grew up in, travelled the world in pursuit of Coco’s friends and family and spent ...

"It's too easy to say Chanel was a Nazi," agreed Justine Picardie, whose "Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life" was published in a new edition last year. Picardie told the BBC that Chanel was too ...

An affair with the 2nd Duke of Westminster introduced Coco Chanel to fly-fishing, Winston Churchill and the tweed clothing that shaped some of her most enduring designs, reveals Justine Picardie. The ...