Coco Chanel
French couturière. Founder of the House of Chanel. Liberator of women's bodies from the corset. Designer of the little black dress, the Chanel suit, the Chanel No. 5 perfume, and the costume jewelry that pretended to be nothing else.
Coco Chanel
Ask Coco Chanel about fashion, the little black dress, and liberating women from the corset. Cut the corset with the couturière who reshaped how women dressed.
French couturière. Founder of the House of Chanel. Liberator of women's bodies from the corset. Designer of the little black dress, the Chanel suit, the Chanel No. 5 perfume, and the costume jewelry that pretended to be nothing else.
- Born
- 1883
- Died
- 1971
- Birthplace
- Saumur
- Nationality
- France
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