Coco chanel biography part 1
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Coco Chanel
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971)[1] was a Frenchfashiondesigner.
She was a founder of the House of Chanel.
Coco chanel biography part 1
She was the only fashion designer to be named on TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century.[2] She broke free of conventions and became a role model for some. Her behaviour during the German occupation of France in World War II led to criticism.[3]
Background
[change | change source]Chanel was born in 1883 in Saumur, France.
In her youth, she was a seamstress and a nightclub singer.[4] Her stage name was Coco, so she used that name publicly.[5]
In 1910, she opened a hat shop. In 1919, she opened a house of fashion in Paris, and introduced her perfume, Chanel No.
5, in 1921. She retired in 1939, but returned to fashion with great success in 1954.[6]
She is famous for the little black dress, Chanel No. 5, the most famous women's perfume in