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…

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…

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…

Coco Chanel made a bold and lasting impression on womens clothing in the twentieth century. She and many others lead the way for a new generation of women in society. Coco Chanel was born on August 19th, 1883 as Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel in a small town named Saumur, France. She was born to Jeanne Devolle , and Albert Chanel. Coco’s mother worked in a poorhouse also where Coco was born. Coco’s mother died at the age of 33, Coco that her mother died of tuberculosis but she really died of…

Bonheur Chanel, Coco Chanel lived a life of …. When Chanel’s mother died, her father sent her to the Aubazine Shelter which was run by sadistic nuns. However, this is where Coco learned to sew and six years later, at the age of 18, she became a seamstress. In her free time she enjoyed singing at clubs in Vichy and Moulins. A few years later Chanel met, a young english polo player, Arthur Edward “Boy” Capel. A while later Boy Capel helped Chanel, now a certified modiste, open a hat shop on 21…

“Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance” , a powerful quote by the most powerful women in twenties centuries fashion industry, a fashion designer and founder of puissant french couture brand “CHANEL”. What Coco Chanel did was not just created a classical luxury brand but changed definition and image of women’s fashion forever. Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel was born in August 19, 1883 in Saumur, France .Unfortunately, she was sent to orphanage after her mother died. Gabrielle got…

Final Thesis: Coco Chanel broke barriers and ignored the rules of structures “ladylike” fashion; Chanel’s legacy revolutionized and paved the way for not only high in fashion, but influenced and impacted women’s everyday wear and freedom of clothing. Core Text: Chanel and her World provide readers with Chanel’s life from the birth of her grandfather to the legacy she left behind after her death. The book goes in depth of how Coco Chanel invented modern clothing for women by stripping women of…

Coco Chanel is a influential person because she has made women clothes a lot more comfortable, and her CHANEL fashion line is still carried on because it was such a big hit. She has also shown that a girl can do anything. Coco Chanel was born as Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel on August 19, 1883 in Saumur, France.(Source 1) Coco Chanel’s early life was very miserable. When her mother died, Chanel’s father who worked as a peddler gave her up to an orphanage. (Source 2) Coco Chanel was raised by nuns…