Introduction Of Coco Chanel

When people hear the name Coco Chanel they may think of her for her revolutionary outlook on womans fashion or her signature perfume Chanel No. 5. What people tend to not know is how intelligent, decieving, and powerful she was. Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel started what we call femenine chic in the fashion world today. She got the name “Coco” from the nuns she lived with because she had a knack for sewing and always kept heerself together and the word cocette in french translates to “kept together”. She derived Coco from that word. Without this woman we would most likely still be wearing corsets and long, bustleing skirts. Not only was she a prominent fashion designer in the early to mid 1900’s, she was in very tight with the Nazi Party while they were in Paris, France. People have even accused her of working for the Nazis. Some of her greatest introductions to the fashion world was a fabric known as jersey which was light and easily accesable. She also incorperated slavic influence into her designs with lots of beading and stitching. The Chanel Suit was made for the working woman made from tweed which was practical, comfortable, and functional. Costume jewlery was introduced becasue of the dying economy. The Chanel bag was inspired by the time period and was designed to look like a soldiers bag. One of the most iconic statements she made was the little black dress. She wanted something every woman, no matter what type of body she had, would look good in. Chanel also wanted to