Justine Picardie

Justine Picardie
Born	1961 [1]
Occupation	Author, editor
Nationality	UK
Children	2 (including Jamie MacColl)
Relatives	Ruth Picardie (sister) [2]

Justine Picardie (born 1961) is a British novelist, fashion writer and biographer. ^[3]

Career

Picardie is a former editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar UK and Town & Country UK . Her 2010 biography of Coco Chanel, Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life, was shortlisted for the Galaxy National Book Awards. ^{[4] [5]} A long-time question among fashion historians and experts about whether the famous pink Chanel suit of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy was made by Chanel in France or a quality copy purchased from New York's semiannual Chez Ninon collections was resolved by Picardie, who showed (as written in Picardie’s 2010 book Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life) that the suit was a garment made by Chez Ninon using Chanel's approved "line for line" system with authorized Chanel patterns and materials. ^[4]

Personal life

Picardie's sister was writer Ruth Picardie. ^[6]

Picardie’s elder son is Jamie MacColl, the guitarist for Bombay Bicycle Club. ^[7]

Works

• Picardie, Justine (2002). If the Spirit Moves You: Life and Love After Death. New York: Riverhead Books. ISBN   9781573222112. OCLC   48391268.
• —— (2004). Truth or Dare: A Book of Secrets Shared. London, U.K.: Picador. ISBN   9780330432016. OCLC   56652111.
• —— (2004). Wish I May. London, U.K.: Picador. ISBN   9780330412216. OCLC   53391992.
• —— (2006). My Mother's Wedding Dress: The Life and Afterlife of Clothes. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   9781596911499. OCLC   62393015.
• —— (2008). Daphne: A Novel. London, U.K.: Bloomsbury. ISBN   9781596913417. OCLC   217263983.
• —— (2010). Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN   9780061963858. OCLC   664270219.
• —— (2021). Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN   978-0374210359. OCLC   1277506193.

References

1. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
2. Picardie, Justine (15 September 2001). "Talk to me". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
3. "Meet The Author: Justine Picardie". BBC News. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
4. Picardie, Justine (2010). Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life. London: HarperCollins. pp. 304–7.
5. "Justine Picardie". Althorp. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
6. "Justine Picardie: 'My sister's profound love of life still inspires me every day'". i. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
7. Picardie, Justine (12 May 2014). "Stars in Her Eyes". Harper's Bazaar. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

External links

• Interview with Justine Picardie, Writers & Artists, 2012