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To celebrate the release of new his new book, Chanel: The Impossible Collection, Alexander Fury breaks down the French house’s inimitable codes
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Who? 1910’s women Flappers 1920’s How? Coco ChanelThe Flapper. Coco ChanelThe Flapper The flapper dispensed with corset and petticoat and reduced her undergarments to a single piece, the step-in. Over this went the dress, often designed in two parts. The skirt was attached to a sort of sheer tank top to provide the loose low waist characteristic of the Twenties. Over it went a matching loose top or blouse that was frequently sleeveless. The fashionable shape was now boyish, straight up and down, and full-figured women and girls bound their chests to achieve the desired flatness. Under the skirt, the flapper wore sheer flesh-colored stockings, rolled and twisted to keep them in place without garters. A breeze might reveal the stocking top or even a bare knee, and the rolled stockings required regular adjustment, drawing further attention to newly-revealed legs. Bare skin and exposed knees were shocking stuff for elders, but the flapper considered her body her own, and preferred to be unbound and active. The word flapper came from British slang for an awkward teenage girl. Some of this youthful flavor can be seen in the illustrations of John Held Jr., a cover artist and magazine illustrator whose work focused on the flapper and whose images survive to define her. The flappers, however, did not consider themselves little girls - they worked hard to be grown up and sophisticated. Along with their short skirts they wore short hair, lipstick, rouge, and powder. Slimness was essential to the flapper’s look, and women began to watch their weight and diet as never before. Smoking became popular as a weight control aid, and drinking was fashionable despite (or perhaps because of) prohibition. Some flappers even swore. The days of the refined, restrained, repressed lady were over..
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An obscure village deep in central France is pivotal to the history of fashion. There Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel spent her adolescence in a Catholic orphanage. Her company logo, her signature colours, her minimalist style, the number five and other Chanel motifs that have become legendary, all were inspired by convent life in Aubazine.
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This week we look at vintage fashion from 1920 to 1930. Flappers, prohibition, and a general sense of new freedoms.
Flashback to Women's Fashion: 1920 -1930 - Vintage Unscripted
Coco Chanel is one of the strongest and most influential fashion icons, who laid the foundation of one of the biggest fashion houses in the world.
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Apr 19, 2018 - Coco Chanel was and still remains one of the biggest names in the fashion and beauty industry. After being unsuccessful in finding work as a singer, she finally went into the fashion industry by…
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