The UK's First Major Coco Chanel Exhibition Is Coming to the V&A

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The UK's First Major Coco Chanel Exhibition Is Coming to the V&A

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Opening in September 2023, the exhibition will showcase the designer’s work across a pioneering, six-decade career

The UK’s first exhibition dedicated to the Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel has opened at London’s V&A Museum. Featuring almost 200 outfits, the show traces the life and work of the French designer, who was taught to sew by nuns in the orphanage to which she was sent at age 11 when her mother died. Items on display include those from the opening of her first millinery boutique in Paris in 1910 to the showing of her final collection two weeks after she died in 1971.

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The UK's First Major Coco Chanel Exhibition Is Coming to the V&A

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Download this stock image: [Embargoed to 00:01 Wednesday 13 September 2023] London, UK. 12 September 2023. A man views Chanel suit designs at a preview of ‘Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto’, the UK’s first major exhibition of the work of the pioneering French couturiere and founder of the House of Chanel. Over 200 looks are seen together for the first time, as well as accessories, perfumes, and more, at the V&A museum in South Kensington 16 September 2023 to 25 February 2024. Credit: Stephen Chung / Alamy Live News - 2RTC4BR from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.

The UK's First Major Coco Chanel Exhibition Is Coming to the V&A

Embargoed to 00:01 Wednesday 13 September 2023] London, UK. 12 September 2023. A man views Chanel suit designs at a preview of 'Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto', the UK's first major exhibition of

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The much anticipated Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifestoexhibition has finally opened at the V&A museum. The show is dedicated to the life and work of the great French couturière, who transformed the world of women’s fashion forever.

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