Coco Chanel was born on August 19th, 1883 in Saumur, France as Gabrielle Chanel. She was the second child to Jeanne and Henri-Albert Chanel. Henri was a merchant and Jeanne worked at the poorhouse . When Coco was little her mother died at 33 of what Coco thought was tuberculosis but really it was pregnancy, pneumonia, and poverty. After her mother's sudden death her father abandoned her and her siblings, her brothers were sent with poor relatives while her two other
Coco Chanel was born on August 19th, 1883 in Saumur, France as Gabrielle Chanel. She was the second child to Jeanne and Henri-Albert Chanel. Henri was a merchant and Jeanne worked at the poorhouse . When Coco was little her mother died at 33 of what Coco thought was tuberculosis but really it was pregnancy, pneumonia, and poverty. After her mother's sudden death her father abandoned her and her siblings, her brothers were sent with poor relatives while her two other