Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel was a notorious French modernist designer, and founder of the US$9 billion luxury brand, Chanel. Coco's perception of fashionas both comfortable and elegant, revolutionised women’s fashion.
The classic tweed garment has been a wardrobe staple of chic women around the world since the 1950s.
How the Chanel Jacket Forever Changed What Women Wear - The Study
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.”
How Coco Chanel changed the course of women's fashion
How comfort and freedom became chic in France a century ago – and still are today. Vivian Song explores the progressive work of Coco Chanel.
The ultimate French style icon?
Coco Chanel has had more influence on what we wear than any other designer – we have her to thank for many fashion essentials. Here we celebrate her top ten innovations.
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As Mademoiselle Privé opens at the Saatchi Gallery we look at how Coco Chanel changed fashion forever.
Ten Ways Coco Chanel Changed Fashion
Inspiring quotes from Coco Chanel, the lady behind the iconic fashion & fragrance house
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ANNE DE COURCY: It was when Coco Chanel was staying at the Highland home of her lover, the Duke of Westminster, in 1928 that she first fell in love with tweed.
ANNE DE COURCY: How Coco Chanel's lover and his tatty old tweed
The luxury brand’s nubbly tweed jackets are showing up on stylish and daring guys: “I know I won’t see anyone else wearing it.”
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5 ways Coco Chanel changed fashion forever • Art de Vivre
You might be tempted to think of Coco Chanel as a frivolous fashion designer, but the woman was a revolutionary leader and an entrepreneur - changing the way women live, work, and think. Today, 44 years after her death, the name Chanel still sets the standard for elegance, and the family running the company are worth billions.
Fashion, Finance And Coco Chanel
This essay sets out to analyse the comparing and contrasting features of two designers, Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli, during the same period. It will argue that Chanel had an industry-oriented approach towards fashion, whereas Schiaparelli was art-oriented in her designs, yet both were equally innovative in doing so. Through reference to Ingrid Loschek’s…
A History Lesson on…Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel vs. Elsa Schiaparelli
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was one of the 20th century's most influential couturiers. A milliner by training, .
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