Coco Chanel was a French fashion designer and businesswoman who was considered the most revolutionary stylist of the 1900s. Her simple yet sophisticated design inspired women to abandon the complicated, uncomfortable clothes, such as the โcorseted silhouetteโ that was ruling beforehand. Chanel made herself more known when she launched her first perfume and eventually introduced Chanel suits and โlittle black dressโ that became her fashion icon.
Coco Chanelโs original name wasย Gabrielle Chanel. She acquired the name Coco during her singing days and later revealed that Coco was the nickname given by her father. Chanel started as aย cabaret singer. She grew up in anย orphanage, and there she learned toย sew. She opened her first boutique in Paris and named itย Chanel Modes. She lived in Hotel Ritz, Paris, forย more than 30 yearsย and passed away there in 1971.
She introducedย pants for women, and the idea came to her when she was travelling by gondola in Venice. Her zodiac sign wasย Leo, and hence the symbol ofย Lionย is present in Chanelโs jewellery.ย Blackย was her favourite colour. Her Headstone wasย designed by herselfย and featured the emblematicย lion.
After having aย 10-year affairย with the second Duke of Westminster, sheย refused his marriage proposalย and mentioned, โThere are lots of Duchesses, but only one Coco Chanel.โ She never used to design for free, and hence she never designed even for royalty. She also used toย criticiseย the contemporary designers of her time every now and then. She never appreciated the idea ofย mini skirts.ย
She wasย buriedย in her favourite Chanel suit, a beige and white tweet suit decorated with the designerโs iconic gold buttons and braid.ย
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