Coco Chanel’s upbringing and rise to fame is perfect example of the dedication of an entrepreneur her setbacks and failures and skills that allowed her to succeed prove her wits and helped her become a very influential entrepreneur
Famous entrepreneur Coco Chanel did not have the most glamorous start in life. Born Gabriella Chanel in Saumur, France august 21, 1883, Coco was raised in an orphanage after the death of her mother Jeanne devolle when she was 6 years old.
Till the age of 17 Coco received her education from nuns at an orphanage there she learned to sew. At 18 she was sent to a religious institute in moulins where her aunt, older than her by a year was studying, there she developed more of her sewing skills. Getting a job and housing in a shop as a seamstress she was noticed by many men whom took her out to clubs, inspiring her to want to be a singer. At 20 she became a singer in a café, there she was given the nickname “Coco” that stuck with her. Getting involved with rich man Etienne Balsan he helped her start up her own shop selling mostly hats and her very limited and simple clothesline, her clothes were very modern in comparison to the fashion of the time, very simple and lightweight without any unnecessary frills and bows and extra fabric. Inspired by men’s
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The Chanel Company’s current worth is now an estimate 1.5 billion dollars. She tried suing multiple times to get the contract agreement rearranged so that she would gain a bigger portion of the profit her name and work was bring in. she finally made an agreement with the Wertheimer family to get a stipend from the family every month for the rest of her life. At the age of 70 she returned to Paris and made another agreement with the Wertheimer`s that she will give all the rights to her other products in turn he would fund her fashion studio. She died with a net worth of 100
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Caylee Marie Anthony was born on August 9th 2005 she was murdered in 2008. Caylee was a two year old girl who lived in Orlando, Florida with her mother Casey and her maternal grandparents George and Cindy Anthony. On July 15th 2008 Caylee was reported missing in a 911 call made by Cindy, she said she had not seen Caylee for 31 days. On July 13th 2008, Cindy and George received a letter that stated Casey’s car was in a tow yard.
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Whitney Houston is a name that is recognizable just like Michael Jackson's. She had a singing and acting career that was out of this world which made her a household name. But, we have to know why she was a household name. Whitney was born into a singing family, being related to Aretha Franklin and Dionne Warwick who are both well-known singers. So, Whitney began singing as a gospel singer at a local church choir as a child where she got her start.
Do you know who Whitney Elizabeth Houston is? She is the most memorable artists in the music industry. She’s had hits such as “I Will Always Love You” , “I Have Nothing” , “I’m Every Woman”, and many more. Whitney Houston was born August 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey. She grew up around music, her mother was a Gospel and R&B singer, Cissy Houston.
Madam C.J. Walker Madam C.J. Walker was one of the first American women to become a self-made millionaire. She was born Sarah Breedlove on December 23, 1867. Walker was orphaned at six, married at fourteen, and widowed at twenty with a two-year-old daughter to care for. She resettled in St. Louis and went to work as a laundress. Her early years reflected patterns that were all too common for black women in her generation.
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The person that I want to do for this design research assignment would be Jennifer Lopez. Jennifer lopez was born on July 24, 1969, in South Bronx. She has three sisters and they are all in the music industry. Jennifer’s dreams as a child was to be multitasking superstar. Today Jennifer sings, design clothes, she is an actress, and is a dancer (IMDb).
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During the depression and world war two Chanel was preeoccupied as she was fighting a lawsuit to take ownership of parfume Chanel (Chanel 's perfume line). The case was settled and she decided with her opponent that they would share the profits. Once the depression was over chanel made an infamous return to the fashion industry recreating her brand all over again. It quickly regained its previous height. Along with Chanel’s comeback came a lot of criticism due to her age as she was almost 70 at the time, but nothing stopped chanel from re-installing the classy strong reputation of her
Hamidah Waldron Dr. Tennyson HUM 209 25 March 2015 Angela Bassett Angela Bassett is a Yale trained, Academy nominee, and a Golden Globe winning actress. She’s best known for her dramatic roles. Angela Bassett breakthrough role was playing Tina Turner in What’s Love Got To Do With It. Bassett worked hard to fight through stereotypical roles African American women were usually given and she excelled tremendously.
After her death Karl Lagerfeld became his successor, currently he is the mastermind behind the world-famous, top-selling luxury brand. Chanel soon expanded the product range and started to design luxury hats, clothes, fragrances, accessories and cosmetics. The ideology behind the brand is elegancy, beauty and self-respect of women; Chanel has a parallelism with personal identity embedded into luxury. This is illustrated by the current slogan of N˚5
HISTORY 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. The House of Chanel is known for the "little black dress", the perfume No. 5 de Chanel, and the Chanel Suit.