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Coco Chanel – Fashion Icon


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Gabrielle Boheur Chanel, better known as Coco Chanel was born on the 19. August 1883 in Saumur (France).
She was the second misbegotten daughter of Albert Chanel and Jeanne Devolle. One year later her parents married. Coco had 5 siblings, 2 sisters Julia(born 1882), Antoinette(born 1887) and 3 brothers Alphonse (born 1885), Lucien (born 1889) and Augustin (born 1891). Augustin died after a few months. Coco´s mother died during her childhood. After that her father brought Gabrielle to Catholic orphanage from Aubazine where she stayed for 6 years. At the orphanage she lerned to be a dressmaker. At the age of 20 she worked as a dressmaker and performed as a singer in the “Rotonde” (Moulin). She sang two songs: “Qui qu´a vu Coco?” and “Ko-Ko-Ri-Ko”. This is how she got her cognomen “Coco”. 1904 she met Etienne Balsan. He made Coco know in the society. Gabrielle lived from1906 till 1910 with Etienne Balsan in Royallieu. With his money Coco opened a hat-studio. With the money of her next lover, Arthur Capel (cognomen “Boy”) she opened her first fashion boutique(in Paris). Boy was her true love, But he died on December 21 1919 by a car accident. Coco always said that she would never marry and she never did. Coco Chanel was and is a real fashion icon. Her most famous creations are the little black dress and the perfume “Chanel No. 5″.
Gabrielle really embossed the fashion world, she is the founder of the chanel fashion empire. Coco also liberated women from the corset. Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel died on January 10, 1971 in Paris(France). But legends never die! I think we will treasure her as a strong-minded, creative, emancipated, unique woman.

Everyone who wants to know more about Coco Chanel, or if your interested in fashio,n should watch the movie “Coco - before Chanel”. It´s a really great movie!


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