Just her name was enough to define a pair of shoes, a hat, a pocketbook, a suit, perfume, jewelryan entire look. It conveyed prestige, quality, impeccable taste and unmistakable style. It was a sign of excellence. Coco Chanel had no patience, and too much talent, for anything less. By her death last week at 87, the French couturière had long since established herself as the 20th century's single most important arbiter of fashion.
Her innovations were basic to the wardrobes of generations of women: jersey suits and dresses, the draped turban, the chemise, pleated...
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