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Gabrielle Bonheur " Coco " Chanel ( / ʃəˈnɛl / shə-NEL, French: [ɡabʁijɛl bɔnœʁ kɔko ʃanɛl] ⓘ; 19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) [2] was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post– World War I era with popularizing a sporty, casual chic as the ...
Apr 12, 2024 · Coco Chanel (born August 19, 1883, Saumur, France—died January 10, 1971, Paris) was a French fashion designer who ruled Parisian haute couture for almost six decades. Her elegantly casual designs inspired women to abandon the complicated, uncomfortable clothes—such as petticoats and corsets —that were prevalent in early 20th-century dress.
Apr 2, 2014 · In the 2008 film Coco Before Chanel, French actress Audrey Tautou played Chanel in her early years, from childhood to the founding of her fashion house. In 2009, Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky ...
Among the key designers who made a bold and lasting impression on women’s fashion in the twentieth century, Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel (1883–1971) deserves special recognition. Born in Saumur, in the Loire Valley of France, Chanel survived an impoverished childhood and strict convent education.
Gabrielle Chanel took over 31 rue Cambon in 1918. She then created N°5 in 1921, the first perfume by a dressmaker, which overturned the codes of perfumery of the era with its trail and refined bottle. In 1937, she herself posed to create advertisements, an innovation and an act of boldness, again...
Jan 9, 2021 · Coco Chanel in Paris, France in January 1963. The Chanel suit was a game-changer – not just for fashion but for women’s sartorial liberation. Coco Chanel introduced her first two-piece set in ...
Coco Chanel was a leading French modernist designer, whose patterns of simplicity and style revolutionised women’s clothing. She was the only designer to be listed in the Time 100 most influential people of the Twentieth Century. During the 1920s, in particular, Coco Chanel left a lasting mark on women’s fashion and design.
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