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AS THE sun set over the Mediterranean at this year's Cannes Film Festival, only one project was being talked about in the glamorous hotels and watering places
and the movie hasn't even been made yet. Fought over by three rival companies, the hottest property is the life story of a long- dead couturiere.See the full content of this document
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Coco the Collaborator
Born out of wedlock, brought up in a church orphanage, hers was an astonishing achievement.
She designed the world's most celebrated perfumefamously worn by Marilyn Monroe (with nothing else) in bed and the little pink suit worn by Jackie Kennedy onthe day her President husband was assassinated.She invented those prerequisites of modern style: costume jewellery, the Little Black Dress, the shoulder bag and even the suntan. The first of the must-have designers, she has also had the most staying power. She dressed the aristocracy in the 1920s, film stars in the Thirties and debutantes in the Fifti...See the full content of this document
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