Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel (1883-1971)

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.

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Gabrielle Bonheur ‘Coco’ Chanel is remembered for Influencing Women in Fashion by her timeless creations of tweed jackets, quilted bags, faux pearls and LBDs.

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Explore the inspiring life of fashion icon Gabrielle Coco Chanel in our biography. Discover her timeless contributions to the world of fashion at Catwalk Yourself.

Gabrielle Coco Chanel Biography

Coco Chanel Biography (1883 – 1971) - the enigmatic life of the French fashion designer, who helped create one of strongest fashion labels of all time.

Coco Chanel Biography

Coco Chanel created the little black dress, the Chanel suit and jacket, bell bottoms, and Chanel No. 5 perfume. Learn how she created a fashion empire.

Coco Chanel, Famed Fashion Designer and Executive

Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971) distinguished her design aesthetic through a strict insistence on comfortable, lightweight garments and a pared-down silhouette. Chanel's interest in simplicity is seen in her earliest millinery designs from the 1910s, which relied on a single, dramatic embellishment for decoration rather than the "assemblage of materials" then in vogue.1 This interest in "less is more" also demonstrated itself in her earliest garment designs, ready-made suits and dresses often made from inexpensive wool jersey. These garments, almost the exact opposite of popular feminine fashions, launched Chanel's career. Throughout her career, Chanel adhered to the basic principle of crafting soft, lightweight fabrics into functional (yet luxurious) garments. Though Chanel produced a variety of garment types throughout her career, one that reappeared over and over was the suit. Borrowing from menswear, Chanel created a feminine suit which offered ease of movement and capitalized on the implication of power inherent in the masculine suit. The basic, stripped down silhouette remained consistent, but the textiles changed with the times. It became a classic and functions today as shorthand for the designer herself. Two-piece suitGabrielle ChanelSpring 1964Transfer from the Museum at FIT2004.291.24AB

Coco Chanel - FIDM Museum

Explore How Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel Revolutionized Modern Fashion

Coco Chanel - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  Coco Bonheur Chanel was born into poverty on the 19th of August 1883 in Saumur France and died on the 10th of January 1971. Gabrielle refers to her name as Coco becuase she didn't like the

Biography - Coco Chanel

The legendary woman, the woman of the epoch, and the icon of style, Coco Chanel was born on August 19, 1883, in France. She was the second child in the family of Jeanne Devolle and Albert Chanel. Her parents were not married officially. The mother died in childbirth. The newborn girl was named Ga

Coco Chanel - biography, career, personal life, height, photo

In honor of the iconic fashion designer’s 136th birthday, WWD looks back at Chanel’s legacy.

Coco Chanel: 9 Facts You Didn't Know About the Chanel Designer