8/18/2019 Coco Chanel Biography

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Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was born in France in 1883 and died in

1971. She was a pioneering fashion designer who revolutionied

wo!ens fashion.

She designed !odern and si!ple clothes that were often based

on !enswear.

She was so i!portant that she was the onl# designer na!ed in

 $%i!e !againe&s list of the 1'' !ost influential people of the('th centur#.

)ut as a #oung wo!an* Gabrielle struggled with a dar+

childhood. Chanel had a ver# poor upbringing. ,er !other

wor+ed in the poorhouse where Gabrielle was born. She died

when Gabrielle was si- and then her father abandoned her.

Chanel grew up in an orphanage where she learned how to sew.

She adopted the na!e Coco while she was a cafe singer in

19'. /n 191' #ear* Coco Chanel has opened a fe!ale attire hat

shop in 0aris. /n the 19('s* Chanel beca!e the best fashion

designer in 0aris. ,er co!fortable and elegant clothes were

popular in urope. /n 19(( Chanel introduced her perfu!e*

Chanel 2o. . She was the first designer to ever lend her na!e

to a fragrance. ,er designs beca!e so!e of the !ost popular in

the western world* especiall# in the nited States. She never

!arried. Coco Chanel 4ied at the age of 87* but toda# there are

!ore than 3'' Chanel stores worldwide.