Justine Picardie Explained
| Justine Picardie |
| Birth Date: | 1961[1] |
| Nationality: | UK |
| Occupation: | Author, editor |
| 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
- Book: Picardie, Justine . If the Spirit Moves You: Life and Love After Death . 2002 . Riverhead Books . New York . 9781573222112 . 48391268 .
- Book: Picardie, Justine . 2 . Truth or Dare: A Book of Secrets Shared . 2004 . Picador . London, U.K. . 9780330432016 . 56652111.
- Book: Picardie, Justine . 2 . Wish I May . 2004 . Picador . London, U.K. . 9780330412216 . 53391992.
- Book: Picardie, Justine . 2 . My Mother's Wedding Dress: The Life and Afterlife of Clothes . 2006 . Bloomsbury Publishing . New York . 9781596911499 . 62393015 .
- Book: Picardie, Justine . 2 . Daphne: A Novel . 2008 . Bloomsbury . London, U.K. . 9781596913417 . 217263983 .
- Book: Picardie, Justine . 2 . Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life . 2010 . HarperCollins . New York . 9780061963858 . 664270219.
- Book: Picardie, Justine . 2 . 2021 . Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture . New York . Farrar, Straus and Giroux . 978-0374210359 . 1277506193.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Index entry. 14 January 2024. FreeBMD. ONS.
- News: Picardie. Justine. Talk to me. May 25, 2016. The Guardian. September 15, 2001.
- News: Meet The Author: Justine Picardie. May 25, 2016. BBC News. September 27, 2010.
- Book: Picardie, Justine. Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life. London. HarperCollins. 2010. 304–7.
- Web site: Justine Picardie. Althorp. May 25, 2016.
- News: Justine Picardie: 'My sister's profound love of life still inspires me every day' . 11 May 2023 . i . 21 October 2021.
- Picardie . Justine . 12 May 2014 . Stars in Her Eyes . Harper's Bazaar . August 28, 2020.
