Coco Chanel

Facts about Chanel

What she did and who she was...

Coco Chanel was Gabrielle Chanel's adult life's name which everyone knew as now. She had three names, Chanel, Gabrielle Bonheur, Chanel Gabrielle; and Chanel Gabrielle Coco. She created a fashion revolution in women's clothing twice. Back then women's outfit is very important. They had to wear a lot of clothing and things in it which makes it very uncomfortable for them. Then Chanel facilitated the clothes so that women can wear them easier, but also look elegant. She was one to free women from wearing tight and uncomfortable clothing. Today the brand Chanel is very well known and popular.

Facts

*born into a poor family
*was the first to dress women in a manner
*Gabrielle was given to the care of nuns in a convent when she was twelve
*lived with her aunt when she was twenty
*her designs were influenced by the convent, the military, and equestrian sportsmanship
*her tremendous success can be partially seen as the result of Capel's advice
*with Capel's suggestion and the success in her milliner she decided to go to Biarriz,

another French beach resort
*she was independent and has successful businesses in 1916 when she was thirty-three years old
*as Capel attach importance to the war he began to consider a favorable marriage, and Chanel's hope of marrying him was dashed because he chose a more "suitable" woman of noble birth

COCO CHANEL

Gabrielle Chanel is a fashion designer, known as Chanel, Coco. She created a fashion revolution in women's clothing twice, she simplified complicated clothes. With her designs, women can wear casual clothing but also looks elegant. She was born on August 19, 1883, in a poorhouse in Saumur, France. She was the second of five children born to Albert Chanel and Jeanne Devolle, has four siblings, two sisters, and two brothers. In February 1895, Chanel's mother died from a difficult pregnancy. Then she and her other two sisters were given to the care of nuns in a convent and her other two brothers were placed with a farmhouse as unpaid child labor because their father abandoned them. By the time she turns twenty, she went back to live with her aunt. She had a job from the nuns when she's old enough to leave. She works as a shop assistant and seamstress, then started the tailor thing from her incredible needlework. She then received some admirers and she tried singing although it wasn't really good there are still people clapping, she stopped this career path because it didn't work. Then she slowly started her business and was successful during World War I due to Capel’s advice and Capel encourage her to go to another great French beach resort, Biarritz. Continuing her business opening more shops at other places. She took that advice and then become an independent woman in 1916 where she was 33 years old. As Capel attaches importance to the war he began to consider a favorable marriage. Chanel's hope of marrying him was dashed because he chose a more "suitable" woman of aristocratic origin. Soon after, he died from a car accident and this left Chanel mentally traumatized. Then, with the threshold of her international success and the rigid peasant education closed Chanel's heart. She can only be satisfied through her work and she promotes to achieve great achievement between the two world wars. After the war and liberation, a new generation of fashion designers led by Christian Dior began to make their mark on women's fashion. And Chanel is waiting for the opportunity to correctly regard current fashion. After that, she had a good time, comparing to her predecessor and colleague, and then dying alone. She died while taking a nap in her apartment in the Ritz on Sunday, January 10, 1971, peacefully.

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