Janet Flanner’s 1931 Profile of Coco Chanel. “The key to her peculiar genius and its sartorial consequences may lie in the fact that Chanel, most Parisian and expensive couturier of her epoch, was born poor and in the country.”
House of Chanel, Ensemble, French
House of Chanel, Evening dress, French
Gabrielle Chanel was born in 1883 in Saumur to a peasant mother who tragically died and pedlar father who abandoned her at a young age (Baudot 1996). Chanel's designs liberated women's fashion and she is seen as the inventor of sports fashion. Chanel's simplified designs appealed to women who wanted to look sporty as she…
Critical Analysis: Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel (1883-1971)
Coco Chanel (born Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel) opened a millinery shop in 1909, featuring refined hats whose simple design contrasted with the overwrought style of the time and presaged modern high fashion. Beginning in 1914, Chanel designed a line of clothingusually in black, gray, and…
Coco Chanel (August 19, 1883 – January 10, 1971)
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Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel's Muses Throughout History – CR Fashion Book
Moda Métiers inspirational stories. Fashion business consulting. Charles Frederick Worth (1825-1895), the Founder of Haute Couture.
Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel (1883-1971): Fashion's Predictor of
Chanel The Metropolitan Museum of Art
News creation : Few designers in history have been as written about as Coco Chanel, founder of the single largest luxury fashion house in the world. She is the subject of the retrospective opening Wednesday night in Paris. (#1247771)
Gabrielle Chanel Fashion Manifesto: A retrospective on Coco, not
Gabrielle Chanel (1883 - 1971), Evening dress, c.1925. Pink crepe chiffon. Museum Purchase. Object. Gabrielle Chanel (1883 - 1971), Evening dress, c.1925. Pink crepe chiffon. Museum Purchase. Object
Gabrielle Chanel (1883 - 1971), Evening dress, c.1925 - Alain.R.Truong
Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel transformed women’s fashion across the world: how do we recognise her complex background, difficult choices and ongoing legacy?
Friday essay: Chanel's complex legacy
House of Chanel, Suit, French