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Coco Chanel. Gabrielle Bonheur " Coco " Chanel (/ ʃəˈnɛl / shə-NEL, French: [ɡabʁijɛl bɔnœʁ kɔko ʃanɛl] ⓘ; 19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) [2] was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post- World War I era with popularising a sporty, casual chic as ...
The little black dress (LBD) is a black evening or cocktail dress, cut simply and often quite short. Fashion historians ascribe the origins of the little black dress to the 1920s designs of Coco Chanel. [1] It is intended to be long-lasting, versatile, affordable, and widely accessible. Its ubiquity is such that it is often simply referred to ...
The series follows fashion designers Christian Dior and Coco Chanel through the World War II Nazi occupation of Paris and its aftermath.. During the occupation, Dior continues working for Lucien Lelong's fashion house, designing clothes for Nazi wives and girlfriends despite his distaste for the work.
A new exhibition at London’s V&A museum features some 200 pieces from the V&A’s collection, the Palais Galliera fashion museum in Paris and the heritage collections of the Chanel itself.
Coco Chanel (Photos) StyleList Staff. Updated July 14, 2016 at 9:49 PM. Coco Chanel (Photos) Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. In Other News. Entertainment. Entertainment. People.
A long-time question among fashion historians and experts, about whether the suit was made by Chanel in France or a quality copy purchased from New York's semiannual Chez Ninon collections, was resolved by Coco Chanel's biographer, Justine Picardie. She showed that the suit was a garment made by Chez Ninon using Chanel's approved "line for line ...
978-0-3074-7591-6. Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel's Secret War is a 2011 book by journalist Hal Vaughan, it was published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, now part of Penguin Random House. [1][2] The book is a biography of French fashion designer Coco Chanel, detailing her life from humble beginnings growing up in relative poverty, to ...
1962 (age 61–62) Dijon, France. Occupation. Artistic Director. Years active. 1987–present. Agent. Chanel. Virginie Viard (born 1962) is a French fashion designer who was the creative director of Chanel from 2019 to 2024. [1][2][3]