Fashion Icon: Coco Chanel Gabriel Bonheur Chanel known to many as Coco Chanel was born August 19‚ 1882‚ in Saumur‚ France was a fashion icon of the twentieth century (“Coco Chanel”). Gabriel Chanel was raised by nuns because she was an orphaned at a very young age‚ where she learned the seamstress trade. She wanted to be a singer and she would perform at local café concerts. Her audience eventually gave her the name Coco because the songs that she would perform would have the name Coco in it and the
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CHANEL PERFUME INTRODUCTION The success of Chanel Perfume traces its roots back to 1870‚ when Ernest Wertheimer moved from Alsace‚ France to Paris during the Franco Prussian War. Shortly‚ after his arrival he purchased an interest in a French theatrical makeup company called Bourjois. Bourjois successfully introduced dry rough to the European market in the 1890’s. The company grew rapidly‚ and by the early 1920’s Bourjois had begun making and distributing skin creams from his Rochester‚ New
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Coco Chanel (1883-1971) Brief Background: Coco Chanel was born in a workhouse in the Loire Valley where her mother used to work‚ she was born in 1883 and her real name is Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel‚ however she later claimed that her date of birth was 1893 which made her ten years younger. Her mother passed away when she was six years old‚ leaving five children behind her husband‚ whom he farmed out to various relatives. The young Chanel was sent to an orphanage of the Catholic Monastery of Aubazine
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Coco Chanel vs. Alexander McQueen Cameron Sankey ENG 121 English Composition I Instructor: Brian Davis August 27‚ 2012 When it comes to fashion‚ you can’t compare Gap to Ralph Lauren or Gucci to Keds. The reality of it all‚ in order to compare fashion you have to know fashion. Fashion in my words‚ is a way to show or stand out from the next fashionista or guy. It goes from hair to makeup‚ clothes to shoes in the sense of being comfortable to a night on the town. The designers‚ Coco Chanel
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Krista Harriman Mrs.Hobbins Fashion Marketing January 18‚ 2013 Gabrielle Bonheur ‘Coco’ Chanel At the age of 17‚ the future designer‚ Coco Chanel‚ was sent to live in an orphanage‚ where nuns taught her the basic techniques of sewing and helped her land a local job as a seamstress. However‚ this life was meant for more exciting things than a seamstress‚ and so the ambitious young girl took off for the town of Moulins to become a cabaret singer. While the experience in Moulins did not open
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Coco Chanel changed women’s fashion and has brought the world of high fashion to the masses by introducing a designer perfume and designer jewelry Gabrielle Chanel: Early years It is impossible to talk about Coco Chanel’s success without mentioning her early life. Born in 1883 and named Gabrielle Chanel‚ Coco as she would be known later came from another century where a lot of things were happening in the world. In that year‚ President Chester Alan Arthur inaugurated a work of engineering (the
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Coco Chanel did not always dream of being a fashion designer‚ She danced‚ attempted to be an actress‚ sold hosiery‚ rode horses‚ dispensed mineral water‚ and worked as a cabaret singer. Coco Chanel opened her first actual clothes store in 1909 in Paris. Th8is was when she was dating the aristocrat‚ Etienne Balsan‚ a playboy who could finance her‚ the store became a success. This says quite a lot about Chanel that she was able to turn a small boutique that employed two teenage girls into one of the
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Coco Chanel: Most influential women’s fashion designer The designs created by Coco Chanel have had the greatest impact on women’s fashion. Her designs are classic‚ timeless‚ and still very popular today. All of her accomplishments were because of her hard work‚ dedication‚ and being her own person. Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel was born on August 19‚ 1883 in Saumur‚ France. (A+E Television Networks‚ LLC “Coco Chanel Biography”) When Chanel was twelve years old‚ her mother‚ Jeanne Devolle‚ past away
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Coco Chanel‚ through her innovative design‚ liberated women from the restraints of common fashion trends. Changing the way people thought about almost everything in fashion. Coco Chanel will always be someone to look up to for fashion‚ and someone to trust when it comes to fashion. This was going to change the way people saw fashion and the world’s view on it. Coco Chanel had many different things that she had changed in fashion‚ not only clothes but how people felt about suntans. “She is arguably
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By merely glimpsing a picture of Coco Chanel‚ grace‚ and luxury radiates off her glamorous smile. Her life however‚ was less glamorous than her smile would have you believe. From being abandoned by her father‚ to the death of her lover‚ to the Great Depression and the devastation of World War Two‚ she pushed through with an air of elegance and determination in her step. Coco Chanel was an icon in fashion‚ feminism‚ and charm‚ and significantly benefitted the world of fashion by breaking domestic
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