She was a French fashion designer born 1883. She is known liberating women from the constraints of the corseted silhouette and popularizing a sporty, casual chic as the feminine standard of style in postwar years.
Chanel was raised in an orphanage and taught to sew. She had a brief career as a singer before opening her first clothes shop in 1910
The Chanel couture was a business enterprise, by 1935. employing 4,000 people
Chanel was convinced that women would ultimately rebel against the aesthetic favored by the male couturiers, what she called "illogical" design: the "waist cinchers, padded bras, heavy skirts, and stiffened jackets.
"The woman who hasn't at least one Chanel is hopelessly out of fashion``-, Harper's Bazaar
little boy look-simple yet chic design, uniform for women of taste
Coco Chanel created timeless designs that are still popular today
THE Little black dress - she vowed that she would dress all women in black.
A 1920s revolutionary design.
.Chanel designed the clothing worn on screen by Gloria Swanson, in Tonight or Never (1931), and for Ina Claire in The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932).
Chanel at the Metropolitem museum of art
The Chanel Suit- was built for comfort and practicality.
Today is most famous women type of suit
A style icon known for her simple yet sophisticated outfits. Always with great assesories.
Chanel was the mistress of some of the most influential men of her time, but she never married.In 1969, Chanel’s fascinating life story became the basis for the Broadway musical Coco, starring Katharine Hepburn as the legendary designer. Chanel died on January 10, 1971.
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