In the years following the opening of her modest millinery shop, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel became a pivotal designer of both fashionable casual wear and Paris haute couture as well as an icon and arbiter of 20th-century style with her bob haircut and pearls.
She followed this success with a couture house, opened in 1915 in Biarritz.
But Chanel was not born into a life of glamour.
Following the death of her mother, her father left her in an orphanage where she lived until the age of 18.
5, as well as the Chanel suit with a fitted skirt, inspired by the boxy lines of men's clothing and employing a sporty tweed.
Structure and wearability endured in all of Chanel's clothing and accessories, like the quilted leather 2.
55 handbag introduced in 1955 with its gold-chain shoulder strap that freed up a woman's hands.
Over the years, the company has continued to innovate, such as expanding into ready-to-wear fashion in 1978 and, in 2002, establishing a subsidiary company - Paraffection - dedicated to preserving the heritage skills of fashion artisan workshops.
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