Video: How cabaret singer Coco Chanel began her journey into the world of haute couture: 19 retro photographs
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
All her life Coco Chanel followed the golden rule: "If you want to have what you never had, you have to do what you never did." Chanel's mother died in childbirth, the girl was brought up in an orphanage, and by the age of 19 she mastered sewing, worked as a saleswoman in a store and performed in a cabaret. What was Coco Chanel's youth before she conquered the fashion industry, you can find out from this photo review.
Chanel's real name is Gabrielle. She got the nickname Coco due to the fact that she performed a comic song "Ko Ko Ri Ko" in a cabaret. Years later, Chanel herself was so fond of the sound of this name that she took it as a pseudonym.
Men played a key role in the development of Coco Chanel's independent business. Thanks to an affair with officer Etienne Balsan, she quit her job in a cabaret and moved to Paris. In the French capital in 1910, she opened her first shop with ladies' hats. This accessory has always been associated with the Chanel style to this day.
It is Coco Chanel that modern women owe to the fact that they easily wear trouser suits with fitted jackets and, of course, conquer the hearts of men with little black dresses. Coco's favorite color palette is black, white and beige. As an immutable rule, many still remember her words: "Pearl is always right."
During the Second World War, the fate of Cocoque Chanel was not easy: the fashion house had to be closed, and she herself was accused of aiding the Nazis. Chanel returned to the world of haute couture only in 1954, competing with Christian Dior. She collaborated with Hollywood stars of the first magnitude, she dressed Audrey Hepburn and Liz Taylor. Chanel spared no money for art and generously endowed Dali and Picasso, acting as a patron of their art projects.
The famous couturier knew everything about how a woman should look. Take these 20 bright phrases of Coco Chaneland you will always be elegant!
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