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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The fashion rebel‚ Coco Chanel People inspire‚ create‚ and evolve‚ and Coco Chanel made a big fashion evolution. Not only is Coco a go-getter‚ but she made the world a different place one stitch at a time. ¨As Chanel once said‚“luxury must be comfortable‚ otherwise it is not luxury¨”(Biography.com). In Chanel´s youth‚ she went through hard times. When Coco´s mother died‚ her father put her in an orphanage. Nuns that took care of her‚ taught the young girl how to sew. When she had a career as a singer
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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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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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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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CoCo Chanel and Alexander McQueen. Higher Art Design Essay. Abbeylauren Duckett Two artists that I have chosen who reflect change are Alexander Mcqueen who emulated the dominance of media on the world during the 1990’s and Coco Chanel who reflected the change in the stance of women in society after the first world war. Alexander McQueen was a contempary fashion designer and was his in-depth knowledge of British tailoring. He learned his skills as a tailor as an apprentice in the famous Savile
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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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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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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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