Shirley MacLaine

while men create all the action. (Mulvey ) In the insurance company the men are the one’s selling the insurance policies while the careers for the women are secretaries and elevator operators. Yes the film displays women and men working in the same office building, but not on equal footing. Not to forget the sexual harassment the women face from the men. An example in The Apartment is when Mr. Kirkeby slaps Ms. Kubleik’s behind with a folded newspaper as he exits the elevator. Ms. Kubleik is not your usual female role though. She yells after him to watch his hand and threatens to close the elevator door on him next time amputating him. Fran Kubleik has short brown hair which is different that most other female roles. Billy Wilder chose Shirley MacLaine to play her to break away from the traditional Hollywood starlet. Kubelik is an individualist who wears a carnation even though it is strictly against the regulations at the insurance company. At one point she states that just because she is in a uniform doesn’t make her a girl scout. She has attitude that is rare to see. This shows that she is not intimidated by men and should not be taken lightly.…

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…

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…

"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…

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…

In the 20’s, Coco Chanel was a common name to be associated with fame. She was the first designer to ever be named influential in the Time 100, in the 20’s. She introduced a whole new wardrobe for women. She introduced clothes like trousers and suits for women. Coco started out learning to sew at a convent in Correze. Coco started her career in France, like sewing hems and such in Deauville. Before, she started work as a seamstress, in Moulins. Then, she had an affair with Étienne Balsan and she…

Revolutionist. Liberator. Brilliant. 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…

3:58 p.m. I’m sitting on my dark brown, leathered chair, watching an episode of Orange is The New Black, while Mark is walking around the apartment in a hastily manner. As Mark is walking a marathon in here, I notice that our apartment looks peculiarly similar to that of Joey and Chandler’s in the sitcom Friends. We have an entertainment center that takes up at least 27% of the room. We have a 40 inch flat-screen television. We have a foosball table near the kitchen. We even have a portrait of a…

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.”…