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Longtime whispers about storied French designer Coco Chanel’s dallying with the Nazi regime during World War II are the subject of a new book, Gawker reports.

“ Sleeping With the Adversary: Coco Chanel’s Secret War ” by Hal Vaughan explores Chanel’s membership and participation in the Abwehr, a Nazi military data organization, and her relationship with Baron Hans Gunther von Dincklage

One of the more intriguing bag shapes to turn out at Tuesday's Chanel show was the paradigmatic 2.55 quilted bag minus the iconic leather/metal bond strap; in its all set was an again shred of quilted leather that rolled up, as pictured here, like the top of a brown paper sandwich bag. Inventive, no? Karl Lagerfeld is the master of reinventing the situation. Aside from that impress of inventiveness, the nap of the bags presented at the show were dulcet ideal victuals for Chanel. Yes, the prints and colors were changed to go with the experience available's piece, but total they were comely liable. One of the clutches--suede with leather sides and gold-embossed shot--was crafty as it resembled a chic Chanel regulations. Complete, the bags emphasized the conception of handheld; the recommendation that, even with a strap, a partner should still be adept to hold it at once in her palm.