Coco Chanel, Famed Fashion Designer and Executive

Coco Chanel created the little black dress, the Chanel suit and jacket, bell bottoms, and Chanel No. 5 perfume. Learn how she created a fashion empire.

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)

With her trademark suits and little black dresses, fashion designer Coco Chanel created timeless designs that are still popular today.

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Coco Chanel Accomplishments

As well as introducing groundbreaking garments for women, Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel embodied her brand in a way no other designer had done before, a new exhibition highlights.

Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel was the first superstar fashion designer, says curator of V&A exhibition

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Karl Lagerfeld, the fashion designer who helped set the industry standard for five decades with collections that dressed celebrities such as Princess Diana and actress Keira Knightley, has died. He was 85.

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A French fashion designer and businesswoman. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand.

Coco Chanel, 1883-1971 - WWP

From Chanel to Diane Von Furstenberg and Tracy Reese, women designers have shaped fashion's history and created looks that remain today.

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