Short Essay On Coco Chanel

Diane Marie (Dalton) Schofield was born Nov. 1, 1953. Diane’s survivors include a daughter, Shawna Marie of Des Moines; her mother, Mrs. Marie Dalton of Des Moines; her father, Kenneth Dalton of Des Moines; two brothers, Robert and Martin, both of Des Moines; a half brother, Kenneth Valadez of Des Moines; and a sister, Twyla Dalton Johnson of Des Moines.

Lilly Pulitzer Rousseau was an American fashion designer and entrepreneur. She was born on November 10, 1931 in Roslyn, New York. She went to school at Miss Porter’s School with Jackie Kennedy. She had a good childhood and moved to Palm Beach with her husband to kick off her journey. There, she sold oranges to local businesses, but felt like she wanted a home for her business. A juice stand was opened by the wealthy Mrs. Pulitzer. Working there was messy, but she still wanted to remain fashionable, therefore creating the shift dress. Colorfully printed dresses were being worn by Lilly to hid fruit stains, and soon people began to want to purchase more than just the juice. Mrs. Pulitzer realized she had more than a fruit juice stand in her

Annette funicello was a singer and an actress as well as having multiple sclerosis, she was known for her lead role in Walt Disney Mickey Mouse Club. When she was younger her parents signed her up for dance class, to get over her shyness. She was scouted by Walt Disney himself. In 1955 Funicello was performing the lead role in “Swan Lake.” Walt Disney cast her as the 24th original Mousekeeper. Funicello recorded 15 albums in the late 1950s and late 1960s, which were all a hit. Annette Funicello was the most famous one on the mousekeeper, she got about 8,000 fan letters, all the rest got only about 800. She was in the “Beach Party” movie and her amazing voice just got her everywhere. Some guys even across the world asked if they could marry her, but of course she sent the rings and stuff back.

Sarah Breedlove also known as, Madam C.J Walker was the first African American woman to become a self made millionaire by making hair products for African hair. She lived near Delta, Louisiana and was also the first in her family to be born-free (after slavery). In 1874, she was sent to live with her sister at the age of 7 when her parents, Owen and Minerva died. She suffered a scalp disorder and has tried everything to help it. She has tried home remedies and hair care treatments but they never helped her. She then was hired as commission agent by a successful hair care product entrepreneur, Turnbo Malone. She then went to Colorado to start her entrepreneurial journey.

From the beginning of time all the way to the twenty first century, women have and continue to play an imperative role in maintaining our society’s stability. During the Second World War, women took on the responsibility of filling men’s shoes in industry and manufacturing. Not only did they give their sons, husbands, fathers, and brothers to the war effort, they gave their time, energy, and some even gave their lives. However, women were often unrecognized and deprived of many opportunities that were only available to men. Specifically in the 1950s, they were not treated nor seen as equals. This is why in post war Canadian society, women experienced challenges in the workplace with unequal wages, inferior status to men and were expected to

Betsey Johnson was born on August 10, 1942, Wethersfield, Conneticut. She had two great passions for dance and art when she was growing up. This led her to pursue her interests in art and design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, which then she later transferred to Syracruse University. After graduating college, she dove into the fashion industry and got a job in the Madammoiselle magazine art department but soon later became an independent fashion designer. Part of Johnson 's success was her abililty to sense the social and subsequent style and sillouette changes. For example, many of her designs in the 1980s were influenced by British and punk styles. In the 1990s, she kept current with the grunge, medival, and decontructionist fashion movements.

Popular belief about clothing is that it is the intellectual property of its creator and a product of creativity. Anne Hollander was a woman who studied fashion, clothing, and style from the perspective of clothing as a form of art that revealed information about the wearer and the designer. She believed that “clothing revealed far more than it concealed--about art, about perceptions of the body and ourselves.” She focused on clothing depicted in paintings in museums and in her book Seeing Through Clothes she analyzes how clothing had been portrayed by artists and writes about how “it wasn’t just the clothes that were changing, but that it was the ideal of the nude body that was changing.” This thought, while intriguing, is lacking in fullness

Her father was an editor at a local newspaper which inspired her interest for writing. Her father would often come to her for writing advice in hopes to keep his articles young and relevant. She fell in love with fashion at an early age, wanting to write and experience as much as she could. Considering she was born into a wealthy family, it made shopping and experiencing incredible things easily accessible. She dropped out of school to experience London and the famous life she longed for. As she grew up she worked in various publications bouncing around from city to city. She wasnt editor-in-chief until 1988 after years of bouncing around various Conde Nast publications trying to salvage failing magazines. She got offered the role and was expected to raise sales as the competing magazine Elle was increasing sales while Vogue stayed stagnant. While she did raise sales she changed the dynamic, style and demographic of the entire

Imagine how it feels to be stuck in a tiny, miniscule room for almost two years, not able to make a sound or movement and if heard by someone,death or concentration camp is the destination? The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett is about a small family which consists of Anne, Margot, Mr. Frank, and Mrs. Frank who were in a shock of fear, and went into hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Over the course of the story other characters join the family into hiding such as Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan, and their son Peter. During the time of hiding, Anne kept a diary to write down all her thoughts, fears, and feelings and was later known to be the most important piece of literature from the times of the Holocaust. The story takes you through their everyday lives of hiding in the annex which also includes arguing and times of happiness. The most important thing that the Franks and Van Daans went through was a time of fear. No matter how much happiness came through in their lives they always had fear jumbled up inside their heads.

Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel known as Coco Chanel is a famous fashion designer who foundered her own company at the age of 27 in 1910. She died in 1971 but her company is still one of the leading high end fashion labels in the world. It is very prestigious and her name will continue to go down in history.

Among its organization Chanel is divided in three sections. First there is a board of directors conformed by three persons: the CEO, who is Maureen Chiquet, the Chairman of the Board who is Alan Wertheimer, and the Director who is Gerard Wertheimer. Second, the CEO controls the ten management positions of Chanel, which are: the president who is Francoise Montenay, the COO who is Ariel Kopelman, marketing, organizational development and human resources, design & creative who is Karl Lagerfeld, fragrance creation, Europe, fashion, watch & jewelry, and makeup. Third and finally, seven of the 10 management positions have subordinates, which are 26 different sections regarding multiple important tasks of the company.

Joan Of Arc was born on the 6th of January 1412, in Domremy, France. She had three brothers along with her one sister, her father (Jacques d’ Arc) and his wife, (Isabelle, also known as Romée) they all lived together on a farm. Her parents were farmers of rented land. Joan was taught important skills from her mother. Rarely leaving the family farm due to her responsibilities Joan took care of the farm animals and became a skilled seamstress.

There partially clod goddess fashion statement can be equated to today’s fashion world, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, like the old days, men still adorned women with the beautiful garments and still idolize their confidence and beauty. The fashion industry has taken over the industry and are able to determine what is the fashion relevant to today. They have revolutionized the industry to include products of beauty, exercises to perceive what is beautiful

Chanel was founded 1910 in Paris, France and it is a high fashion house that specializes in haute couture, which means expensive clothes or fashion pieces produced by leading fashion houses, and ready-to-wear clothes, luxury goods and fashion accessories. Gabrielle Chanel is the founder of Chanel, she gained the nickname Coco from her time as a chanteuse or a female singer. As a fashion designer, Coco Chanel catered to women’s taste for elegance in dress, with blouses and suits, trousers and dresses, and jewelry of simple design, that replaced the over-designed, and constrictive clothes and accessories of 19th century fashion.

760 days of darkness. 25 months of silence. 2 years of paranoia. All for one goal, to live. Anne Frank, a German Jew, went into hiding with her family, and four others. When the Nazis invaded Amsterdam, Anne’s father took help from some local friends to hide in a complex of his office. The office is known commonly as the “Secret Annex.” Days were spent here in worry, but everyone kept each other alive with love and support. Anne wrote in her diary, which kept her motivated to live. For two years, her and 7 others hid in solitary. However, one day, they were caught and sent to concentration camps. Anne’s father, Otto Frank, was the only one from the Annex to survive. Otto Frank later published the motivation and stories of his daughter. The story of Anne Frank became a beloved and inspiring work of literature all around the world.