Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel

Gabrielle Chanel (1883-1971) was born out of wedlock in the French town of Saumur in the Loire Valley on 19 August 1883 to Albert Chanel, an itinerant

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)

A bottle of her signature fragrance, Chanel No. 5, is supposedly purchased every 30 seconds, and four other things you may not know about the legendary couturier.

5 Things You Didn't Know

Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel – People and Organizations – The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum

#8220;You can be gorgeous at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life” – wise words from Gabrielle Bonheur ‘Coco’ Chanel, the legendary designer who is most certainly remembered for her own impeccable style. Her timeless creations of tweed jackets, quilted bags, faux pearls, LBDs (Little Black Dresses) have become the […]

A Modern Icon: Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel And Her Deviation From The Norm — Guardian Life — The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News

The French couturier and fashion designer Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel . News Photo - Getty Images

Gabrielle Coco Chanel

Jul 14, 2014 - Gabrielle "Coco" Bonheur Chanel  (August 19, 1883 – January 10, 1971  was a French fashion designer and founder of the  Chanel  brand.

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1958 Vintage GABRIELLE CHANEL COCO France Fashion Designer RICHARD AVEDON 11x14

Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was one of the 20th century's most influential couturiers. A milliner by training, .

The 20th century's most influential couturiers

How Coco Chanel changed the course of women's fashion - 9Style

Janet Flanner’s 1931 Profile of Coco Chanel. “The key to her peculiar genius and its sartorial consequences may lie in the fact that Chanel, most Parisian and expensive couturier of her epoch, was born poor and in the country.”

Coco Chanel's Revolutionary Style

Image file to download and vintage original printpublished in 1954 Chanel Fashion Photography, Gabrielle Coco Chanel Portrait — , Dressmakers — Clipping. Portrait of Mlle Chanel in the background.

Chanel 1954 Fashion Photography, Gabrielle Coco Chanel Portrait

CoCo Chanel..the Epitome of femininity, fashion and creativity.She was a french fashion designer who ruled Parisian haute couture for almost 6 d…. CoCo Chanel..the Epitome of femininity, fashion and creativity.She was a french fashion designer who ruled Parisian haute couture for almost 6 decades to this day Chanel is still among the most fashionable this painting depicts her strength , beauty..s and confidence! Perfect for any roomone look and she will inspire !!!

The Marvelous Gabrielle CoCo Chanel Contemporary Original Expressionist Portrait Painting by Sandy Welch

Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto