Coco's Chanel

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Fascinating story about Coco's Chanel's antisemitism and collaboration with the Nazis, and her unlikely—but hugely successful—visit to Neiman Marcus in 1957, at the invitation founder Stanley Marcus.

When Stanley Marcus Invited Nazi Collaborator Coco Chanel to Dallas

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This week, Karl Lagerfeld and the House of Chanel returned to Dallas, Texas, for the first time since 1957. The reason was the Métier d’Art, the annual