Coco Chanel (76 page)

45. With and photographed by Cecil Beaton,
c.
1937.

46. Gabrielle, her jewelery designer Fulco di Verdura and his work, 1937.

47. With Salvador Dalí,
c.
1938.

48. Apel-les Fenosa sculpts Gabrielle,
c.
1939.

49. Gabrielle's close friend Maggie van Zuylen and the dancer Serge Lifar.

50. Baron von Dincklage at fifty-four, Gabrielle's lover during and after the war.

51. Gabrielle's 1954 suit, in the U.S.
Vogue
photo shoot, was instrumental in resuscitating her name.

52. Suzy Parker, in one of the three outfits shot for U.S.
Vogue
in 1954.

53. On the famed staircase at 31 rue Cambon, before Gabrielle's 1954 comeback show.

54. Some of the models who added luster to Maison Chanel: Marie-Hélène Arnaud, Gisèle Francome, Paule Rizzo and Mimi d'Arcangues in 1958.

55. Gabrielle, once again famous, in a characteristic pose, 1959.

56. Gabrielle's sculptures seen in the salon at rue Cambon: in the fireplace a Jacques Lipchitz; on the mantel, classical torso and masks.

57. At rue Cambon, the bust of Thomas Capel on mantel, Gabrielle's astrological lions on the table and a Coromandel screen behind.