The Big Cheese
coco chanel
personal background
born in saumur her mom worked in a poorhouse she died when gabrielle was only 6 her father abandoned her relatives took care of her
she was a concert singer 1905-1908. she adopted the name coco chanel
she was first a mistress of a wealthy military officer then of an english industrialist
founder of the little black dress
Her ideas
gabrielle believed all woman should be elegant freed woman of wearing coursets and bustles
she wouldn't describe her self as a feminist
she didn't like how women discriminated and told that woman always had to cover up
In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different-CoCo Chanel
A girl should always be two things classy and fabulous-CoCo Chanel
point of view/impact
she constantly spoke of femininity rather then feminism
she was determined to break old fashion trends
she was considered boyish,she believed a woman didn't have to wear a dress to be considered a woman. we still use her products she was very successful and got her ideas through