5 Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel Designs That Have Never Gone Out Of Fashion

Ahead of the upcoming Chanel exhibition at the V&A, revisit five style signatures that Coco Chanel invented.

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Aug 19, 2014 - We're celebrating Coco Chanel's birthday with 11 rare photos of the designer. Read on for the inspiring images.

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Coco Chanel, an emblematic figure of fashion, marked her time with her clothing lines and her perfumes, but above all with her very personal style and her desire to liberate women.

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Critical Analysis: Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel (1883-1971)

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To celebrate fashion icon Coco Chanel we take a look at some lesser known facts about the legendary designer.

10 things you didn't know about Coco Chanel

Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971) distinguished her design aesthetic through a strict insistence on comfortable, lightweight garments and a pared-down silhouette. Chanel's interest in simplicity is seen in her earliest millinery designs from the 1910s, which relied on a single, dramatic embellishment for decoration rather than the "assemblage of materials" then in vogue.1 This interest in "less is more" also demonstrated itself in her earliest garment designs, ready-made suits and dresses often made from inexpensive wool jersey. These garments, almost the exact opposite of popular feminine fashions, launched Chanel's career. Throughout her career, Chanel adhered to the basic principle of crafting soft, lightweight fabrics into functional (yet luxurious) garments. Though Chanel produced a variety of garment types throughout her career, one that reappeared over and over was the suit. Borrowing from menswear, Chanel created a feminine suit which offered ease of movement and capitalized on the implication of power inherent in the masculine suit. The basic, stripped down silhouette remained consistent, but the textiles changed with the times. It became a classic and functions today as shorthand for the designer herself. Two-piece suitGabrielle ChanelSpring 1964Transfer from the Museum at FIT2004.291.24AB

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“Everyday is a fashion show and the world is a runway”. – Coco Chanel. Coco Chanel's Logo French Fashion designer Gabrielle "Coco" Bonheur Chanel was born on August 19, 1883, in Saumur,France. When she was young, her mother died and her father put her in an orphanage and there she was taught how to stitch and sew…

French Fashion Designer Gabrielle “Coco” Bonheur Chanel

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Mar 22, 2016 - This lovely Gabrielle Chanel Custom crafted Doll was inspired by my favorite Coco Chanel Book by François Baudot. In this book, there is a striking image of Coco on vacation in Deauville, France by the Sea on the shoulders of Serge Lifar of the Ballet Russe. It shows her new found freedom as she

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Although the Chanel Gabrielle had its moment, all signs point to a downtrend in this bag's popularity, and it seems likely that another shiny new on-trend which is the Chanel 22 small handbag is being

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