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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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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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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No less than an icon in women’s fashion‚ Coco Chanel has become one of the most widely recognized and copied designer in the business. Her clothing‚ made to be comfortable‚ elegant‚ and practical‚ stood out out among the popular and frivolous trends in the 1920’s and 1950’s. Chanel created beloved fashion line while she was alive and went down as a legend after her death. Because of the mastery of her craft she has‚ “become a symbol of grace‚ dignity‚ and femininity‚” (Ruffat 2007). Through her turbulent
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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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Coco Chanel: A Fashion Icon Legacy Thinking of fashion‚ many names come into mind: Gucci‚ Louis Vuitton‚ Dior‚ Burberry‚ Marc Jacobs‚ and Yves Saint Laurent‚ but the one that sticks out over all of these seems to constantly be Chanel. Chanel’s story is most inspiring due to her journey; she was not born into the glamour life. Chanel had to work for success‚ coming up from impoverishment‚ not even bringing a family with her out of it. She was to be the name on the company‚ the one that will be
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what is happening. This is a quote by Gabrielle Chanel known as Coco Chanel‚ the iconic French fashion designer. This speech will be about Coco channels early life‚ early career and her legacy as a designer. Body EARLY LIFE: Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel was born on 18 August 1883 in France‚ Her mother was a laundry women and her dad was a street vendor who led a nomadic life style. At age 6 her mother passed away‚ with both parents absent‚ coco chanel was sent to an orphanage. Growing up in an orphanage
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The Unforgettable Mademoiselle‚ Gabriel Chanel Through out the course of history‚ there have been only but a few artists who have successfully torn down the traditions of society to create an innovative path towards an everlasting legacy. Some artists‚ such as Vincent Van Gough‚ did not even live to see a day of fame or recognition. One such artist‚ however‚ was able to rise above the devastations of her past and hone those negativities into diligence that pushed her into creating luxurious garments
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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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