Coco Chanel
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post–World War I era with popularising a sporty, casual chic as the feminine standard of style. She is the only fashion designer listed on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
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- Saumur
- Awards
- 🏆 Neiman Marcus Fashion Award
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Trending topics shown first"There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time."
"There is nothing more comfortable than a caterpillar and nothing more made for love than a butterfly. We need dresses that crawl and dresses that fly. Fashion is at once a caterpillar and a butterfly,…"
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Timeline
1883
Born
Birth1971
Died
Death
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