In the mid-1980s, at the age of fifteen, Sofia Coppola moved to Paris to intern at the Chanel studio. A lifelong collaboration followed between filmmaker and fashion house. Coppola’s singular passion unfolds in this 450-page visual history of Chanel. Authored by Coppola herself, her signature collage style defines this captivating, bespoke volume. 'Chanel Haute Couture' documents the iconic eras of lead designers Gabrielle Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld, and Virginie Viard, featuring precious sketches, photographs and archival ephemera. This definitive guide to the most influential fashion house of all time — told by one of cinema's finest luminaries — is an essential addition to fashion libraries everywhere, published by MACK.