October 15, 2009 at 9:00 am by Luanne Bradley
Before Chanel, Coco Was Eco
Not since Scarlett O’Hara upcycled those curtains to make a crazy green velveteen dress have we seen such industrious textile make-overs on the screen.
Yes, Anne Fontaine’s Coco Before Chanel is the quintessential tweed rags-to-riches saga, in which a poor but clever French girl and her sister climb the ladder from the orphanage to the chateau by making great contacts at a tavern where they sang a funny ditty, entitled Coco (hence the nickname for Gabrielle Chanel).
I took away much from Audrey Tautou’s brilliant portrayal of the iconic designer, mainly a …
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