Gabriel "Coco" Chanel

 

Blair Prince 

   

 

 

 

Guiding Question: What impact did your French person have on French culture?

 

Pays/Ville:

I was born in Samur, France

 

Details Personnels:

It was not until I was one year old that my parents finally married, and after a difficult pregnancy, my mother became terribly ill which eventually resulted in her death in 1895. Unable to deal with his responsibilities of raisng and supporting five children, my father abandoned me and my siblings. I went to boarding school with my sisters while my brothers became unpaid migrant workers. Eventually I became old enough to work and leave, but in the seven years I was at that school I felt the absentness of a missing father. Even in these poor conditions I refused to accept my state of absolutly no money, even when I grew older I lied that I was raised by my Aunts. While I was at a local cafe one time I performed a song about a poor girl who lost her dog named Coco while I was performing people began shoting "Coco! Coco!" which is where I got my nickname!

 

Date de naissance:

I was born August 19, 1883 in a poorhouse in Samur france. I was one of five children.

 

Date de Morte:

And I died January 10, 1971 in Paris France

 

Sexe:

I'm a Female

 

Croyances Politiques:

I wasn't very into politics

 

 

 

 

Croyances Religieuses:

I spent my childhood in a very religous orphanage school after my father left me and my siblings to fend for ourselves.

 

 

 

Situation de Famille:

My mother Jeanne Devolle, married my father Albert Channel when I was one years old, and soon after had four more children. Although during one of her pregnancies,  in 1884 she became terribly ill due to a bad pregnancy which resulted with the death of the infant. Soon after  in 1895 my mother died. My father soon after not knowing how to take care of five children by himself abandoned our family, never to be seen again. My sisters and I were sent to a boardng schoool until we were old enough to work and my brothers went off to work as migrant workers.  

 

 

Enfants:

I never had children 

 

 

En Cherchant:

(friendship)

I made a great friend and the love of my life Author "boy" Chapel, he was very rich, but quiet the player, and he introduced me to a lot of well known names and finiancally aided me in the start of my carree. Although we never did marry.

 

 

 

Metier:

For a while I was a seamstress, and I did so well people came to me for tailoring. Also I was, for a while a singer at a cafe, where they allowed freelance singers to preform. My major profession though was as a fashion designer.

 

Interests/Loisiois:

• Fashion
• Horse races/ shows
• Singing

 

 

 

Accomplissements:

 

• Accomplishments:  I became one of the most well know designers of all time, and my fashion inspired a nation

 

• Works of art: Chanel No. 5, and "Chanel Suit".

 

• Awards: I recieved the Neiman Marcus Award in Dallas in 1957, and the Sunday Times which is an International Fashion Award in London in 1963.

 

• Grants : I recieved no grants

 

Education:

From 1895-1900 I went to school at Covent Orphanage, Aubazine; and futher more from 1900-02 at Covent School, Moulins.

 

 

Personnage que je voudrais recontrer et pourquoi:

Vera Bate Lombardi, I met Vera in 1925, she was my muse and she had the best connections with anyone and everyone, she became my public liaison to multiple European royal families. 

 

 

 

Citation Memorable: 

"As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!"

"Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable"

"Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door"

"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different"

 

  

 

 

Mon influence sur la culture: 

I do not wish to toot my own horn, but due to my input on the fashion industry I do believe I revolutionized the way that women and men thought about clothing. I believed that women's clothing was too overdone and frilly, and I wanted to get rid of the lace and frills and keep it simple yet ellgnant. I believed that women should not give up comfort to look cute. I emphasized straight lines with simple colors: like grey, beige, and navy. I invented a new way to consider jerseys, before they were considered to masculine for women to wear, except for undergarments, and I one day decided to cut a hole in a jersey for my head, added a few asseccories and women actually asked where I bought my dress! I also was the first to touch sportswear for women, it was unheard of for women to wear sportswear and I turned it into a cute new fashion statement!

          I am sure that most of you, perhaps women more, have heard of the perfume Channel No. 5 well that was of my inventions! I teamed up with perfume expert Ernest Beaux, and we created a new type of perfume. Unlike what was popular when I first came out with my perfume, the strong yet lovely smell of flowers and rose-water, I wanted a simplistic appealing scent. So Beaux incorperated into my purfume actual jasmine. Also I used a simplistic square bottle rather then the more popular extravengent design of perfume bottles. My idea was to make the most expensive perfume in the world, while I am not sure how well that worked out, it deffinatly did become one of the most popular.

          Also, many of you may already know the about the quite popular little black dress, most of you probably own one or know someone who does. Well I created it in 1926, a totally new idea to the fashion world, not only with the style but with color too. Never before had dresses been so simplistic, and women barely ever wore black because they were associated with funerals. In one Vogue article my dresses were called the Ford of eveningwear, because of its different functions and durabillity. I would intergrate jewelry like imitation pearls and gems to dress up my simple designs. I also created a new trend, by showing up to social events in pants. This was unheard of prior to me. I feel honored that I made such a difference in the fashion industry, and although I did not speak out against feminism, I used my clothes to empower women, which may not seem like much, but I was hoping for a start!

 

Notes:

After my death in 1971 Karl Lagerfeld took over my designs and created work aimed towards younger customers. Although he was very much like me and created the same type of clothes that I make, the simple and comfortable yet cute designs. He was quiet successful and well know nationwide.

 

 

 

Resources:

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"Coco Channel". Business Leader Prifiles For Students. Vol 2. Gale Group, 2002. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mi Gale, 2009. http://galnet.galegroup.com/servlet

"Gabriel "coco" Channel" Contemporary Fashion 2nd ed. St James Press, 2002. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farminton Hills, Mi Gale, 2009. http://galnet.galegroup.com/servlet

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"Chenel Coco Mademoiselle Shimmering Touch" (online Image) Avalable. <talkingmakup.com>.  June 9, 2009.

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"Coco Channel By Horst" (onlike Image) Avalable. <www.flickr.com/photos/herry> June 9, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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