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Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel
Born August 19, 1883(1883-08-19)
Saumur, France
Died January 10, 1971 (aged 87)
Paris, France
Nationality French
Labels Chanel

Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (August 19, 1883 – January 10, 1971)[1] was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her arguably the most important figure in the history of 20th-century fashion. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Saumur is a town and commune in the Maine-et-Loire département of France on the Loire River at, with an approximate This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Chanel SA ʃəˈnɛɫ) is a Parisian fashion house created by Coco Chanel. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Fashion design is the Applied art dedicated to Clothing and lifestyle Accessories created within the cultural and social influences of a specific time The twentieth century of the Common Era began on Fashion refers to styles of dress (but can also include cuisine literature art architecture and general comportment that are popular in a culture at any given time Her influence on haute couture was such that she was the only person in the field to be named on TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century. Haute couture ( French for "high sewing" or "high dressmaking" oːt kuˈtyʁ refers to the creation of exclusive custom-fitted fashions The Time 100 The Most Important People of the Century is a compilation of the 20th century's most influential politicians artists innovators scientists and cultural icons [2]

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The Chanel empire

Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's stylish, elegant designs revolutionized fashion during the 1910s, freeing women from the uncomfortable and stiff apparel worn at the end of the 19th century. Whether by chance or by design, Chanel furthered her own image: the woman of the 20th century, embodying independence, success, personality, style, and confidence. Coco made sure women would love her products.

The influential Chanel suit, launched in 1924, was an elegant outfit composed of a knee-length skirt paired with a trim, boxy jacket, traditionally made of woven wool with black trim and gold buttons and worn with large costume-pearl necklaces. Chanel SA ʃəˈnɛɫ) is a Parisian fashion house created by Coco Chanel.

Chanel also popularized the little black dress, whose blank-slate versatility allowed it to be worn for both day and night. A little black dress is an evening or Cocktail dress, cut simply and often with a short skirt originally made popular in the 1920s by the fashion designer Coco The black Chanel dress was strapless, backless and more than a little risque. It shocked the general public at large but quickly became a fashion sensation. The Chanel dress premiered in the third ever edition of Playboy. This added to the controversy surrounding the Chanel.

Much imitated over the years, Chanel's designs were manufactured across more price categories than any other in the high-fashion world. It was Chanel who also introduced 'costume' jewellery to the world of fashion, using a variety of accessories such as necklaces, chains or pearls of several strands. A bag with golden handles, an elegant pearl necklace, a tailleur dressed in black are the symbols of elegance and status that marked forever the history of fashion. But it was Chanel No. 5 - considered the number-one selling perfume in the world - which helped her become a millionaire. The perfume was created in 1921 by Ernest Beaux at the request of Chanel, who said about the perfume that it was "a woman's perfume with the scent of woman. " Its Art Deco bottle was incorporated into the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1959. Chanel No. 5 was the first synthetic perfume to take the name of a designer. One of Coco Chanel's most famous quotes is, "This perfume is not just beautiful and fragrant. It contains my blood and sweat and a million broken dreams. "

All of her clothes were emblazoned with the famous Chanel symbol; this, however, was not of her own design. The symbol was given to her by the owner of the Chateau de Cremat (a Chateau on the outskirts of Nice in the south of France). In 1923, she told Harper's Bazaar that "simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance. Harper's Bazaar is a well-known American Fashion Magazine, first published in 1867 " Chanel always kept the clothing she designed simple and comfortable and revealing. She took what were considered poor fabrics like jersey and upgraded them. She was instrumental in helping to design the image of the 1920's flapper (The term flapper in the 1920s referred to a "new breed" of young women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to new Jazz music, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior. The term flapper in the 1920s referred to a "new breed" of young Women who wore short skirts bobbed their hair listened to the new Jazz music The flappers were seen as brash for wearing excessive makeup, drinking, treating sex in a casual manner, smoking, driving automobiles,showing a lot of skin, and otherwise flouting conventional social and sexual norms). The German designer Karl Lagerfeld is, since 1983, the art director of Chanel, both for the haute couture and prêt-à-porter collections. Karl Lagerfeld (born Karl Ottom Lagerfeldt on September 10, 1938) is a prominent Fashion designer He has collaborated with a variety of fashion The classic style created by the Mademoiselle, revitalized by Lagerfeld, crossed into the 20th century and exhibits the timelessness of Coco Chanel's vision.

Later years

In 1939, at the beginning of the Second War, the designer decided to close her shops. She believed that it was not a time for fashion. She took up residence in the Hôtel Ritz Paris and for more than 30 years, Gabrielle Chanel made this hotel her home, even during the Nazi occupation of Paris. The Hôtel Ritz is a Hotel located at 15 Place Vendôme, in the heart of Paris, France. During that time she was criticized for having an affair with Hans Gunther von Dincklage, a German officer and spy who arranged for her to remain in the hotel. [2] She also maintained an apartment above her Rue Cambon couture house and built Villa La Pausa in the town of Roquebrune on the French Riviera. The French Riviera (Côte d'Azur Occitan: Còsta Azzura) is one of the most famous resort areas in the world extending along the Mediterranean Sea west In 1945, she moved to Switzerland, eventually returning to Paris in 1954, the year in which she also returned to the world of fashion. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Her new collection did not have much success with the Parisians, as a result of her relationship with the Nazi spy. However, it was much applauded by the Americans, who had become her most popular buyers.

Coco Chanel died in Paris on January 10, 1971, 87 years old, in her private suite at the Hotel Ritz, and she was buried in Switzerland. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Her tombstone is carved with stone lion heads representing her birth sign, Leo. [3]

Film depictions

As of February 2008, film biographies of Chanel are in production, with news reports of Barbara Bobulova as the young Chanel, with Shirley McLaine portraying her in later life. Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934) is an American Academy Award -winning Film and Theater Actress, well-known There is also a film project said to star Audrey Tautou as the young Coco. Audrey Justine Tautou ( born 9 August, either in 1976 or 1978, is a French film actress, known to worldwide audiences for playing Three more projects are said to be in the works: one directed by William Friedkin; one directed by Daniele Thompson; and one to star Demi Moore. William Friedkin (born August 29 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award-winning American movie and television director Danièle Thompson (born January 3, 1942 in Monaco) is a French Film director and Screenwriter. Demi Moore (born Demetria Gene Guynes on November 11 1962 is an American Actress.

Broadway

Chanel was portrayed by Katharine Hepburn in the 1969 musical Coco. Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage Music by André Previn; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner; Book by Alan Jay Lerner; Musical Director: Robert Emmett Dolan; Music orchestrated by Hershy Kay; Dance arrangements by Harold Wheeler. After 40 previews, the Broadway production opened on December 18, 1969 at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, where it ran for 329 performances. The Mark Hellinger Theatre was a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 237 West 51st Street in midtown- Manhattan until it was converted Hepburn was nominated for a Tony, but did not win.

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