Coco Chanel
“In order for one to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.” –Coco Chanel
Thesis Statement: The designs created by Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel inspired an entirely new concept to women’s fashion by simplifying women’s clothing while still making it fashionable. I. Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel spent all her life denying her humble beginnings. A. Chanel was born an illegitimate child. 1. Chanel’s mother and father were not married when Chanel was born. 2. Chanel’s parents were not married until Chanel was fifteen months. B. “Coco” Chanel was abandoned by her father and put into an orphanage once her mother passed away. 3. Chanel’s mother died when Chanel was six years old. 4. Chanel’s father put Chanel and her two sisters in an orphanage and her brother were sent to family farms as unpaid workers.
II. “Coco” Chanel changed the view on women’s clothing, from tight fitting dresses to simple loose fitting clothing. C. Chanel brought the famous little black dress to the fashion world. 5. Before Chanel introduced the little black dress in 1926 black was only used for mourning, servants, and the clergy. 6. Once the little black dress became a big hit in the 1930s because they were affordable for anyone to buy. D. Chanel said that her whole career is based on a jersey that she made during a cold day in a town called Deauville. 7. A jersey was an undergarment for men and was once never used as a fashionable item for women in French fashion houses. 8. The jersey that Chanel made was simply cut from the front with an added ribbon, collar, and a knot once Chanel was being stopped in the middle of the street and asked where she had gotten the “dress” she told them all that she will make them the dress.
III. In Chanel’s later years after the death of the love of her life Arthur “Boy” Chapel Chanel went through a series of intense but
Thesis Statement: The designs created by Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel inspired an entirely new concept to women’s fashion by simplifying women’s clothing while still making it fashionable. I. Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel spent all her life denying her humble beginnings. A. Chanel was born an illegitimate child. 1. Chanel’s mother and father were not married when Chanel was born. 2. Chanel’s parents were not married until Chanel was fifteen months. B. “Coco” Chanel was abandoned by her father and put into an orphanage once her mother passed away. 3. Chanel’s mother died when Chanel was six years old. 4. Chanel’s father put Chanel and her two sisters in an orphanage and her brother were sent to family farms as unpaid workers.
II. “Coco” Chanel changed the view on women’s clothing, from tight fitting dresses to simple loose fitting clothing. C. Chanel brought the famous little black dress to the fashion world. 5. Before Chanel introduced the little black dress in 1926 black was only used for mourning, servants, and the clergy. 6. Once the little black dress became a big hit in the 1930s because they were affordable for anyone to buy. D. Chanel said that her whole career is based on a jersey that she made during a cold day in a town called Deauville. 7. A jersey was an undergarment for men and was once never used as a fashionable item for women in French fashion houses. 8. The jersey that Chanel made was simply cut from the front with an added ribbon, collar, and a knot once Chanel was being stopped in the middle of the street and asked where she had gotten the “dress” she told them all that she will make them the dress.
III. In Chanel’s later years after the death of the love of her life Arthur “Boy” Chapel Chanel went through a series of intense but