Born in Saunmur, Frace in August 19, 1883 Gabrielle Bonhuer Chanel. Was a fashion icon, she moved what is known today as "The Fashion Empire" to a new level. The first woman to wear pants in public and not feel ashamed at all. Her brand today is one of the leading in the world. Chanel with the tradmark of two C's crossing over each other.
Gabrielle was a daughter of a dry cleaner and a working father, she had 2 other sisters and 3 other brothers, they all worked and went to school. When here mother died of turbucolsoses the family had no decision but to be sent to an orphanage after their father walked out on them. There at the Roman Catholic Nunery she learned the way of a seamstress and became an expert. When she turned 18 she moved away to another town in France where she became a singer and was under the name of "Coco" one of the famous songs she sang.
When her singing career didn't lavish she met a young rich man Etienne Balsan where she moved in with him and he gave her a job in the textile area of work. Later on she began an affair with his close friend Captian Arthur Capel. There he gave her her own fashion shop where she deisgned clothes and hates, the affair lasted for 9 years later on he married a model in Paris, but died in 1919 in a horrible car crash, one of the hardest times in chanels life.
In 1939 when world war ll struck Chanel closed all her boutiques in France, she stared that it was not a time for fashion, but a time to be with the ones we love. She later reopened her stores after the war and turned back into fashion. She died January 10h 1971 (age 87)
Her mark on the fashion world changed years to come, it is still here today and people look up to this brand and everything it has done. It is still even changing the world today. They have the top of the top designers working on this label. The little girl from a village in France had her dream come true, her empire is here to stay.
“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”
-Coco Chanel
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