Gabrielle Chanel (1883-1971)

Gabrielle Bonheur 'Coco' Chanel, 1910 Stock Photo - Alamy

Biography Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. She was the founder and namesake of the Chanel brand. Along with Paul Poiret, Chanel was credited in the post-World War I era with liberating women from the constraints of the "corseted silhouette" and popularizing a…

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Gabrielle Chanel (1883-1971)

Everybody knows the words fashion and Coco Chanel go hand-in-hand. Today we take a brief gander in the icons' life and the acceleration of her name sake brand. Early life: Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel was born in 1883 to Eugénie Jeanne Devolle Chanel, known as Jeanne, a laundrywoman in the charity hospital run by the Sisters of…

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Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel (1883-1971)

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