20 Mind-blowing Facts About Coco Chanel

Vogue charts Coco Chanel's life in pictures. From her earliest days as a young milliner to her ascent into fashion royalty and high society, chart Coco Chanel's enduring style through the years.

The Legacy Of Coco Chanel: A Life In Pictures

As a new exhibition featuring the work of Gabrielle Chanel opens at the V&A, we examine the life of the designer – and exclusively reveal details of her contribution to wartime Resistance efforts. As a new exhibition featuring the work of Gabrielle Chanel opens at the V&A, we examine the life of the designer – and reveal details of her wartime activity.

Breaking news: Gabrielle Chanel helped the resistance during WWII

A new exhibition at London’s V&A museum features some 200 pieces from the V&A’s collection, the Palais Galliera fashion museum in Paris and the heritage collections of the Chanel itself.

Coco Chanel's fashion legacy lives on. A new exhibition examines why

Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel was one of the most influential and ground-breaking fashion designers of the twentieth century. This beautifully illustrated biography tells her remarkable story in a unique and accessible way, examining how the homes and landscapes of her life relate to her work.

Living with Coco Chanel: The Homes and Landscapes that Shaped the Designer [Book]

Jewelry Inspired by the Life and Legacy of Coco Chanel - The New York Times

Several well-known fashion designers started out as milliners. The iconic Coco Chanel was among those who took this career path.

Coco Chanel: Hats to Haute Couture • HATalk Blog

As the Black Lives Matter movement questions how we look at the past, some think it

Do Coco Chanel's Nazi Connections Matter For Fashion Today?

She was an illegitimate child, born into a poorhouse and abandoned in an orphanage, but Coco Chanel rose from unimaginable poverty to create the most iconic fashion brand of the 20th century, The House of Chanel. With steely ambition, she took advantage of wealthy lovers, rose to the top in a male-dominated world, and created a style of clothing that changed the face of women’s fashion forever.. Airs Friday, September 18, 2015 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN: Coco Chanel

You might be tempted to think of Coco Chanel as a frivolous fashion designer, but the woman was a revolutionary leader and an entrepreneur - changing the way women live, work, and think. Today, 44 years after her death, the name Chanel still sets the standard for elegance, and the family running the company are worth billions.

Fashion, Finance And Coco Chanel

November 30 2023 - Justine Picardie and Oriole Cullen on Coco Chanel

Coco Chanel's legacy: 'She embodied the brand and lifestyle. It's not just the clothes, it's also the accessories, it's also the perfume

Justine Picardie spent years puzzling over the truth about Coco Chanel, peeling away the accretions of romance and lies. Since its publication in

Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life

By Courtney Lyons This was originally submitted as my final paper for Barnard College- Columbia University’s “Consumer Culture in Modern Europe ” class on December 12th, 2019. The original footnotes style is not supported on this platform. Please excuse the makeshift citations. Gabrielle “C

Coco Chanel: How World Wars Built a Fashion Empire — Lyons Feel

An affair with the 2nd Duke of Westminster introduced Coco Chanel to fly-fishing, Winston Churchill and the tweed clothing that shaped some of her most enduring designs, reveals Justine Picardie.

Coco Chanel's enduring love affair with the English countryside - Country Life

Chanel in Paris: her legacy 50 years on