Here’s a look at style icon Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel including bio, quotes, books, movies links…
Not only did she liberate women from dresses and skirts by designing ladies pants (once only allowed to be worn by men); her iconic string of pearls became a historic image of timeless styling to the point that even fake pearls were socially acceptable.
Without Coco, we may not have discovered the potential of the little black dress, the soft jacket, the ‘it’ bag, the scent of jasmine in a bottle, and even the sun tan – which became an instant fashion trend after Chanel and the sun collaborated while she was on holidays.
Her style is flawless elegance and continues to inspire women to believe that they can wear clothes according to their own personal preference and style which was perhaps the greatest fashion influence she left for us all.
The personification of elegance – her style will never date. Learn more about Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel on Wikipedia.
To read more about Coco’s influence on the world of fashion, check out these books:
- Chanel: Collections and Creations by Danièle Bott
- Chanel: The Vocabulary of Style by Jerome Gautier
- Chanel and Her World by Edmonde Charles-Roux
- Chanel by Jean Leymarie
- Jewelry by Chanel by Patrick Mauriès
- Chanel Set of 3 by Francois Baudot
- The Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons from the World’s Most Elegant Woman by Karen Karbo
- Chanel – Her Life by Justine Picardie
- The Little Book of Chanel by Emma Baxter-Wright
- Chanel: A Woman of her Own by Axel Madsen
- Coco Chanel: An Intimate Life by Lisa Chaney
- The Little Black Jacket: Chanel’s Classic Revisited by Karl Lagerfeld
- The Secret of Chanel No. 5: The Intimate History of the World’s Most Famous Perfume by Tilar J. Mazzeo
- Dreaming of Chanel: Vintage Dresses, Timeless Stories by Charlotte Smith
- Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel’s Secret War by Hal Vaughan
- Chanel (Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications) by Harold Koda
- Intimate Chanel by Isabelle Fiemeyer
- Coco Chanel: Biography of the World’s Most Elegant Woman by Laura Murciello
- Chanel: Her style and her life by Janet Wallach
- Culture Chanel by Jean-Louis Froment
- Forever Paris: 25 Walks in the Footsteps of Chanel, Hemingway, Picasso, and More by Christina Henry De Tessan
- Chanel: Couture and Industry by Amy De La Haye
- The Improbable Return of Coco Chanel: As Witnessed by Her Assistant, Richard Parker by Richard Parker
- Fifty Dresses That Changed the World by Design Museum
- Vogue on: Coco Chanel (Vogue on Designers) by Bronwyn Cosgrave
- The Allure of Chanel by Paul Morand
- Coco Chanel: Three Weeks/1962 by Douglas Kirkland
- Chanel Perfume by Françoise Aveline
- Chanel Fine Jewelry by Francoise Aveline
And these movies:
- Coco Chanel (2008) starring Shirley Maclaine
- Coco Avant Chanel (2009) starring Audrey Tautou
- Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky (2010) starring Anna Mouglalis and Mads Mikkelsen
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Take a look at these quotes by Coco Chanel:
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