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Gabrielle Bonheur Fleur " Coco " Chanel ( / ʃəˈnɛl / shə-NEL, French: [ɡabʁijɛl bɔnœʁ kɔko ʃanɛl] ⓘ; 19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) [2] was a French fashion designer and businesswoman.
May 31, 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.
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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.
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.
The woman who would eventually become an haute couture fashion icon learned to sew in an orphanage. Born Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel in 1883 but more famously known by her adopted name, Coco, she grew up in poverty in France.
May 24, 2020 · Vogue charts Coco Chanel's life in pictures. From her earliest days as a young milliner to her ascent into fashion royalty and high society, chart Coco Chanel's enduring style through the years.
More than any other designer of the twentieth century, Coco Chanel revised and adapted fashion to the tenets of utility and integrity of materials, tenets that are the defining features of...
Jun 6, 2019 · Known For: Founder of the House of Chanel, creator of the Chanel suit, Chanel jacket, and bell bottoms, Chanel No. 5 perfume. Also Known As: Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel. Born: August 19, 1883 in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. Parents: Eugénie Jeanne Devolle, Albert Chanel.
Jan 9, 2021 · Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel was one of the 20th century’s most influential couturiers. A milliner by training, she moved beyond hats to become a rebel and a trailblazer of the fashion world, creating...
