How Coco Chanel changed the course of women's fashion

Fifty years after her death, the trailblazing designer’s influence on fashion lives on. Here are 8 important style innovations from a designer who once famously said: “I don’t do fashion. I am fashion.”

History of Designers: Gabrielle Coco Chanel - GLAM OBSERVER

Fashion is a billion-dollar global business, but the industry has been traditionally run by men.

9 Female Designers Who Changed How Women Dress - Everything Zoomer

Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel transformed women’s fashion across the world: how do we recognise her complex background, difficult choices and ongoing legacy?

Friday essay: Chanel's complex legacy

Coco Chanel: How the world's most famous designer left a complicated legacy • Art de Vivre

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How working women changed fashion

In the fourth instalment of BoF’s fashion history series, we meet the creator of the ‘little black dress,’ who took her cues from a country in mourning. Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel, the designer doyenne who founded fashion’s most famous house, used her lovers’ money to establish herself and rewrote the rulebook with her mannish collections.

Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel (1883-1971)

1920s Fashion, Overview, History & Trends - Video & Lesson Transcript

History Of The Little Black Dress From Coco Chanel To Audrey Hepburn

5 ways Coco Chanel changed the world of fashion

Coco Chanel Photos Through the Years: Her Evolution From 1910s-1960s – WWD