This unpublished series in four episodes of the magazine “1:15 p.m. Sunday“(Twitter, #1:15 p.m.), signed Stéphane Dépinoy and Clément Magnin, draws the portraits of Joséphine Baker, who entered the Pantheon on November 30, 2021 for her role in the Resistance from 1940, and of the seamstress Coco Chanel. Two life paths, two destinies, two female figures from the interwar period who made contrary choices.
Joséphine the artist, muse of the Roaring Twenties, who enters the Pantheon next Tuesday for her role in the Resistance from 1940 … And Coco who marked fashion by revolutionizing female silhouettes. Two women who have lived through the century. And when World War II breaks out, one chooses to resist when the other will collaborate with the occupier.
Two women in success
At the end of the 1920s, Coco Chanel saw her English period. Her lover, the Duke of Westminster, is not only the richest man in England. He is also politically very marked. Joséphine Baker is at the height of her fame, becoming the queen of the music hall in Paris… Coco Chanel is enjoying enormous success and her influence on fashion is growing…
The Roaring Twenties have passed, World War II has broken out. Josephine wants to serve France, which she will do with Jacques Abtey, a big name in French military counter-espionage. Gabrielle Chanel will make a diametrically opposed choice by collaborating with the Nazis and by trying to act as intermediaries between the Germans and the Allies …
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