Coco Chanel Biography

Coco Chanel, Designer
Born asGabrielle Bonheur Chanel
Occup.Designer
FromFrance
BornAugust 19, 1883
Saumur, France
DiedJanuary 10, 1971
Paris, France
Aged87 years
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel Bonheur was a French style developer who established the fashion house Chanel. She is best referred to as the maker of the dress "the little black dress" and the perfume Chanel No. 5. Chanel became the publication The Times named one of the century's one hundred essential as well as prominent personalities. In 2008, it generated three films and also a TV series regarding her.

Chanel herself stated she was born in 1883 in Auvergne, but she was actually born in Saumur, in the inadequate house her mom operated in. Her mommy died when Gabrielle was only twelve years of ages. As young she experimented with as a cabaret singer in Paris. With stitching costumes for her coworkers at the cabaret theater Chanel created both as a seamstress and designer.

She functioned as a nurse in a brief duration throughout the First World War.
Coco Chanel's affair with a German officer during World War II caused the decreasing popularity as well as exile in Switzerland.

Coco Chanel had begun as a designer, and opened up the initial shop had in 1912. Coco Chanel replaced the corset with convenience and daily beauty, her fashion included basic fits and also outfits, trousers for women, precious jewelry, perfume and also textiles.

She got her return in 1954 with the initial of her haute couture collections. The females were once more the sense of the all-natural, daily design with the famous Chanel match. She worked gradually until his death in 1971. Karl Lagerfeld has actually held the position as head designer at Chanel since 1983.

In 1922 Chanel introduced a fragrance, Chanel No. 5, which promptly became preferred, which it is today. Pierre Wertheimer became her companion in the perfume biz in 1924, and it's also said that he was her fan. Wertheimer possessed 70% of the business; Coco Chanel got 10% and her friend Bader 20%. Wertheimer-family controls the fragrance company today also. Fragrance enhanced popularity in the United States after sex symbol Marilyn Monroe claimed that Chanel No. 5 was the only point she wore in bed.

Coco Chanel presented its signaturcardigan in 1925 and "the little black gown" the list below year. Most of her layouts transformed bit from year to year and also from generation to generation. Common of Coco Chanel and also her designs are black, white and beige. She was extremely keen on classic works.

Unisex Fashion was created by Coco Chanel.

Our collection contains 37 quotes who is written / told by Coco, under the main topic Women.

Related authors: Marilyn Monroe (Actress), Jordan Belfort (Author), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Actress), Karl Lagerfeld (Designer), Jewel (Musician)

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37 Famous quotes by Coco Chanel

Small: Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has
"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening"
Small: Fashion is made to become unfashionable
"Fashion is made to become unfashionable"
Small: How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone
"How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone"
Small: It is always better to be slightly underdressed
"It is always better to be slightly underdressed"
Small: I dont know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men
"I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men"
Small: In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different
"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different"
Small: I never wanted to weigh more heavily on a man than a bird
"I never wanted to weigh more heavily on a man than a bird"
Small: I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I
"I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like"
Small: Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity
"Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity"
Small: Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death
"Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death"
Small: Great loves too must be endured
"Great loves too must be endured"
Small: Gentleness doesnt get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs
"Gentleness doesn't get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs"
Small: Dress shabbily, and they remember the dress dress impeccably, and they remember the woman
"Dress shabbily, and they remember the dress; dress impeccably, and they remember the woman"
Small: There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no
"There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time!"
Small: Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pil
"Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants"
Small: Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity
"Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity"
Small: Those who create are rare those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger
"Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger"
Small: There are people who have money and people who are rich
"There are people who have money and people who are rich"
Small: Women must tell men always that they are the strong ones. They are the big, the strong, the wonderful.
"Women must tell men always that they are the strong ones. They are the big, the strong, the wonderful. In truth, women are the strong ones. It is just my opinion, I am not a professor"
Small: I am not young but I feel young. The day I feel old, I will go to bed and stay there. Jaime la vie! I f
"I am not young but I feel young. The day I feel old, I will go to bed and stay there. J'aime la vie! I feel that to live is a wonderful thing"
Small: Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions
"Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions"
Small: Fashion is always of the time in which you live. It is not something standing alone. But the grand prob
"Fashion is always of the time in which you live. It is not something standing alone. But the grand problem, the most important problem, is to rejeuvenate women. To make women look young. Then their outlook changes. They feel more joyous"
Small: Fashion fades, only style remains the same
"Fashion fades, only style remains the same"
Small: Elegance is refusal
"Elegance is refusal"
Small: Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have
"Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future"
Small: Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress
"Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress"
Small: Dont spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door
"Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door"
Small: As soon as you set foot on a yacht you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die of boredom
"As soon as you set foot on a yacht you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die of boredom"
Small: As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!
"As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!"
Small: A women who doesnt wear perfume has no future
"A women who doesn't wear perfume has no future"
Small: A woman has the age she deserves
"A woman has the age she deserves"
Small: A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous
"A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous"
Small: Nature gives you the face you have at twenty it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty
"Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty"
Small: My friends, there are no friends
"My friends, there are no friends"
Small: Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury
"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury"
Small: Look for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no dress
"Look for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no dress"
Small: Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you feel it. Passion goes, boredom rem
"Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you feel it. Passion goes, boredom remains"