A new book featuring images of Coco Chanel by the photographer Douglas Kirkland provides a unique insight into the woman who transformed fashion. Sent to Paris on assignment for Look magazine in 1962, Kirkland ended up living with Chanel for three weeks, and captured her as never before

All images from: Coco Chanel: Three Weeks/1962 by Douglas Kirkland, © 2008, published by Glitterati