Coco Chanel
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Gabrielle (coco) Chanel
date of birth:august 19, 1883
date of death: January 10, 1971
Hometown: saumur, france
early life/ childhood
- She was born in the poorest part of France, after her mother died her dad abandoned her in a orphanage.
- In the orphanage she was thought to sew by nuns that raised her ,and that's how she begun sewing.
- After she got older she worked as a shop girl but that was brief, so then she became a cafe singer. That's how she got the name coco (kept woman).
early career
- When she met Eitenne Balsan he helped her open up her first shop.
- At first she sold hats and then, she went to selling clothes.
- After her business got more successful she sold her first fragrance perfume N.5.
major events
- In 1925 she created the famous Chanel suit (collarless jacket and a well fitted skirt) she was emphasizing the element of men's wear but for women, because women did not have a fashion like men all they had were corsets or garments.
- She also created the little black dress. due to the color use for mourning but used for evening wear.
- Sadly due to world war 2 outbreak in 1939 she had to close her shop, but in 1954 she had returned with new inventions for example the bell bottoms or braid trimmed jacket.
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