"There are things we live among," the Pulitzer Prize–winning American poet George Oppen wrote, "and to see them is to know ourselves."Oppen, a man who organized for workers' rights and was investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee, might be a surprising reference in a story about high jewelry, but stay with us. For there are things Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel lived among, and to see t…

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