Fashion Week may have ended but you can keep style alive with Karen Karbo’s enlightening, empowering and just plain fun “The Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons from the World’s Most Elegant Woman.”

Most biographies can get pretty dry, giving the blah blah blah chronological life story of a person, but Karen’s book is chatty -- written like a conversation with an old friend -- witty, and spiced with personal anecdotes and her own thoughtful opinions.

Sure, the subject here is inherently fascinating – this is Coco Chanel, after all, and Karen gives you a detailed account of how she became the undisputed queen of fashion – but the book also shows you how to use her hard-earned lessons to live the life you want. This doesn’t mean going out and buying a lot of pieces you can’t afford – in fact, Chanel admonished, “Nothing makes a woman look older than obvious expensiveness and complications.” It’s all about being comfortable in your clothes – and in your skin.

Read our interview with Karen on the next page, and then enter to win your own copy of this life-changing guide. It will become the centerpiece of your book collection much the way that little black dress is your wardrobe basic.