“There are yet more Chinese screens hiding the doors (Chanel hated the sight of doors, she said, they reminded her of those who has already left, and those who would leave again).”
After reading this quote, I couldn’t help but find myself flipping back to the beginning of the biography. I found this so striking… why was Chanel so narrow minded? Well considering her dark stages of her life started when she was so young… Chanel was an orphan by a young age; her father had dropped her and two Sisters, Julia and Antoinette, soon after the death of her mother at an orphanage in Aubazine in central France. Throughout the book we find a common occurrence of people in Chanel’s life leaving, such as family, friends and loved ones. With this common occurrence it’s only natural to shun people out as well in this case objects that remind you of the past or the future. This is one of many reasons why Chanel see’s the world pretty much half empty rather than full. Instead of seeing doors as an opportunity for the new entrances of life, Chanel takes the opposite. Naturally, I found this to be a page stopper; I had to really go in depth after pretty much every chapter. This theme was obviously quite life impacting, considering Chanel couldn’t even stand the sight of doors. This even reminds the reader Chanel was broken inside and how human Chanel was.
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