Coco Chanel’s café society — vogue.it

Café Society? I stood in the empty Paris theatre gazing at the audacious jewels strung in architectural shapes, wondering where Coco Chanel came into this story. From researching “The Windsor Style”, about the lifestyle of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, I knew that “Café Society” was a term used in the Twenties as a social sneer. It suggested a louche group of people without a bloodline to genuine aristocracy.

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