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Coco Chanel ppt by chantal huggins :)
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• Born August 19, 1883• Was abandoned by her father and sent
to her aunts, where she learned proper manners and etiquette.
• Loved to sew since childhood. • Sent to an orphanage owned by nuns
at age 17.• They helped her get her first job as a
shopkeeper.
• Became a cabaret singer, found her nickname by one of the songs she sang “Qui qu’a vu Coco.”
• Met Etienne Balsan a rich playboy. He helped her open fer first hat shop. Later dumped him.
• Had a relationship with Arthur “Boy” Chapel, who helped her open her famous dress shop on 31 Rue Combon during the great depression.
• 1921 developed her famous fragrance Chanel No.5
• By 1930’s reputation had grown enormously
• She was hired by Samuel Goldwin to dress Katherine Hepburn, Grace Kelly, and Elizabeth Taylor for one million dollars.
• Unfortunately Many Hollywood stars would not work with her
• Closed down her shop after WWII• Arrested in September 1944, for an
affair with a Nazi officer. • Released a few hours later.• Exiled to Switzerland for 15 years.
• Dior came out with a new look; the corset.
• Angered by it Chanel made a comeback in 1953.
• 70 years old at the time.• Many in Hollywood came to accept
her.• She made a new market in America.
• January 10,1971, Gabrielle Chanel passed away.
• Karl Lagergeld helmed the Chanel label after her death.
• She remains one of the most revered women in the fashion industry.
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