Coco Chanel

Introduction “A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.” Iconic fashion designer Coco Chanel once said. Chanel, one of the most influential designers in the world, redefined what it meant to be a woman. Women’s fashion before the 1900’s was all corsets and bustles and almost no freedom to move. Then Coco Chanel changed that. She designed new fashions that defied the social norm and gave women in Europe and America more freedoms. But with her new idea came conflicts. Young girls were amazed with her new fashions, but their parents and elders were not. Girls caught wearing any of these new cloths were sent to basically a prison for young girls. Slowly, society started to accept Chanel’s new fashions and compromises were reached for the girls in the prisons. Because Chanel defied the social norm women soon…

Before Gabrielle Chanel had become the Coco Chanel, she went through difficulties in her life. As a young girl, she and her sister were abandoned by her father after her mother passed away, leaving her an orphan in 1893 (Lifetime TV, 2015). She learned how to sew in Aubazine orphanage to become a seamstress but she was more interested in becoming a famous singer, starting off in clubs called Moulins in 1908 (Coco Before Chanel, 2009). She was known as the girl singing the ‘Coco’ song which gave…

Famous fashion designer and business woman, Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel, is known for her unique style that is very sophisticated yet simplistic. Although Chanel is known for living the luxurious life, her childhood tells a whole other story. “Chanel was born on August 19, 1883, in Saumur, France.” At the age of 12 her mother died and her apathetic father put her and her sister up for adoption. “She was raised by nuns who taught her how to sew- a skill that would lead to her life's work.”…

Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel is my favorite a fashion icon. Coco was a French orphan who opened her first millinery shop in 1910. By the end of her life, she was a fashion mogul. Chanel was known for her ingenuity, perseverance, and moxie as a business professional and with the French elite. Coco lived in an era when women’s fashions included lace, feathers, bustles, and crinolines. Gabrielle, on the other hand, created her own eccentric style. She wore jodhpurs, men’s collars, pigtails and bowler…

Coco Chanel was a woman of great intelligence whose influence revolutionized the way women wore clothes and made a huge impact on the fashion industry world. Her quote: “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud” contains a huge life lesson that I agree with. Coco Chanel was trying to say that you shouldn’t be scared to speak your mind and you should question the standards society has put out for you. This quote reminds me of a time when I, like Coco Chanel, stood up for what…

"Transforming women's fashion as we know it", one of the many things said about Coco Chanel. The biography Coco Chanel by Lisa Chaney, shows the diverse life of a fashion icon. Early life for her was full of hardships, but she learned to disguise it in order to make it seem like she had a good life. She created legendary pieces like the little black dress, also known as the LBD. She was named one of the top 100 most influential people in the 20th century. Through the challenges of her childhood…

Simple. Elegant, Bold, Classic, Chanel. Coco Chanel is the epitome of a classic and bold woman whose unruly nature helped her built an empire that has stood the test of time and will last for generations to come. She created masterpieces that were state of the art and simply incredible. She rose from her humble beginnings as a victim to poverty and turned out to be a victor. A victor of success and liberty. Even today, people remember the women behind the revolution and the Chanel Empire rather…

Chanel childhood experiences were tough, it did not only lead her to success, but it influenced many women in the era. At home it was not easy, she lived in a very humble home, her mother worked as a laundry women at a charity hospital owned by the Sisters of Providence. While the father peddled clothes for a living, that is where Chanel began to familiarize herself with clothes. When Chanel’s mother died, her father abandoned her and left her to obtain an education at an orphanage which…

Coco Chanel’s Impact Coco Chanel impacted nineteenth century women by causing changes in women’s beauty standards, the way women are perceived, and gender norms in clothing. Gender norms in clothing The clothes made for women at that time weren’t functional whatsoever A lot of people were inspired by Dior’s designs at the time, which included small waist dresses, and copious layers of fabric. (C2) The designs that Dior made were very popular at the time. His designs included the fashion that…

One of the most widely known Female Fashion designers is Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel. Gabrielle’s mother passed away at age of thirty one. Her Father could no longer take care of Gabrielle, he handed her to the nuns who ran an orphanage. She stayed at that orphanage until she turned 18 years old. From then on she went and took up work from a local tailor. She laid a lot about her early years. She lied about her mother’s death and lied about her father sailed to America. She also lied about living…