Read an excerpt from "Coco Chanel: Pearls, Perfume, and the Little Black Dress," by Susan Goldman Rubin on the life Coco Chanel.
A bottle of her signature fragrance, Chanel No. 5, is supposedly purchased every 30 seconds, and four other things you may not know about the legendary couturier.
5 Things You Didn't Know
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.
The Extraordinary Life Of Designer Coco Chanel
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was a liberating designer whose clean-cut, simple clothes revolutionized women's fashion. Susan Stamberg explores how freedom and fashion collide in Anne Fontaine's new film, Coco Before Chanel.. Gabrielle Coco Chanel was a liberating designer whose clean-cut, simple clothes revolutionized women's fashion. Susan Stamberg explores how freedom and fashion collide in Anne Fontaine's new film, Coco Before Chanel.
Coco Chanel: The Orphan Who Transformed Fashion : NPR
Coco Chanel - Wikipedia
Exhibitions: 'New Women' and 'The Chanel Legend' at Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Karl Lagerfeld Re-Created Ancient Greece in Paris for Chanel Cruise
Fashion Changes, But Style Endures, by Sherry Yang, Marketing in the Age of Digital
Hello everyone, My name is Sonja and I have a blog called 'sewing a la carte.' Here you see me in my favourite C3 style. Classic, comfortable, casual clothes. A bit of ‘oh là là’ and ‘je ne sais quoi.' As you probably have guessed according to my first four sentences, and my blog name,…
My fascination with a French designer – Sewcialists
An unprecedented retrospective opening next month at the National Gallery of Victoria explores how Gabrielle Chanel’s famed perfectionism shaped her most enduring creation: her influence.
Gabrielle Chanel, All in the Detail • T Australia
As Mademoiselle Privé opens at the Saatchi Gallery we look at how Coco Chanel changed fashion forever.
Ten Ways Coco Chanel Changed Fashion
NGV Chanel exhibition opens December 4: What to expect
Chanel is the embodiment of women’s emancipation. A 20th Century Revolution appearing in the guise of a young woman she broke with everyday customs. Taking the corset out of a woman’s wardrobe she liberated the body. Her fashions defied the concept of a weaker sex. Due to an existing couture shop at 31 Rue Cambon…
I don't do Fashion, I am Fashion- Coco Chanel