The real name of Madame Coco is Gabriel Boner Chanel, and the nickname that she went down in history was born from the love of an eighteen-year-old girl to the songs Qui qu'a vu Coco and Ko Ko Ri Ko. Being known to the whole world as a fashion designer, she believed that one should never give up, because everything is in them! Atypical beauty, a delicate original mind, an outstanding character combining a craving for solitude and a love of freedom, allowed Coco Chanel to prove that fashion is a woman, her inner world, harmony.
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Biography Coco Chanel is saturated with both triumphal and tragic pages. Researchers believe that she was born in 1883 in Somura, but she herself claimed all her life that she is ten years younger, and her hometown is Auvergne. At the age of six, the girl and her four brothers and sisters lost their mother, and later - and her father. Wandering around relatives and orphanages affected Gabrielle's inner world. The girl became disillusioned with people, became rigid, arrogant, purposeful and cynical. To feed herself, she settled herself to work as a salesman in a clothing store, and at night worked as a singer in entertainment places. There eighteen-year-old Coco met her first man Etienne Balzan. The officer took the beloved to the capital of France. Having tasted the delights of the metropolitan life, the girl realized that to achieve the heights, wealthy men would help her. Changing wealthy lovers, like gloves, she podkopila money and in 1910 became the owner of its own store of accessories. A year later she managed to settle on Cambon Street, where Coco Chanel fashion house is located to this day.
But the celebrity woman was provided with not sold hats, and trousers. Carried away by horseback riding , Koko often spent time at the racetrack. She wanted to have pants, but the tailor was shocked by this order. In those days they were worn exclusively by men! However, Coco was adamant, and the tailor complied with her request. In one day the name Coco Chanel became synonymous with the style for all the women of the district who saw the woman in trousers.
Over the years, Coco Chanel has made many discoveries in the fashion world. She made herself a short haircut, showing an example to many girls, wore blazers, striped jumpers, suits consisting of a jacket and skirt. In 1921, the legendary perfume Chanel No. 5 appeared, conquering the whole world. On the question of where to put them better, the magnificent Koko answered, without changing herself - where you want to be kissed. Five years later, Coco Chanel created a small black dress, which is still present in the ladies' wardrobes.
Tweed suits, shortened jackets, classic trousers, unique aromas - this woman in her life had time to modify the fashion and look at it.
Personal life
The history of romantic relationships Coco Chanel - a bad example for women, because the personal life of the designer is full of gloomy pages. The novel with the officer Etienne Balsan was only an opportunity to be in Paris. Koko quickly found a replacement for him, falling in love with Arthur Kapela. Relations between them were complex, since Arthur was not distinguished by devotion and loyalty, but Koko forgave him treason. In 1919, he died in a car accident, and Koko, who put on mourning black clothes and painted the walls of the house in black, unwittingly created a new trend. After that, black color became a classic.
In 1920, in her life appeared Prince Dmitry Romanov, but a year later he married another. Then she got carried away by Pierre Reverdy, who after a few months left her, becoming a religious hermit. With the Duke of Westminster Hugh, Richard Arthur, Koko lived for fourteen years. He needed heirs, but the children did not enter into the plans of Coco Chanel, because she was barren. The Duke also married another ... The novel with journalist Paul Iribarnegara lasted four years, and in 1935 he had a heart attack. The last love was the diplomat Hans Günther von Dinklage. A complex relationship with a man who worked for the Wehrmacht, lasted 15 years.
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The legend of the fashion industry died in 1971 from a heart attack.
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