Thursday, 14 May 2015

Coco Chanel - Blame it on fashion

Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971)was a French fashion designer and founder of the Chanel brand.

Chanel was known for her life long amibition and determiniation which she applied to her professional and social life. she made massive sucess as a buiness women, alot of help was from pople she met along the way within the workforce.
In 1939, at the beginning of World War II, Chanel closed her shops, maintaining her apartment situated above the couture house at 31 Rue de Cambon. around this time she said it was no time for fashion and put her intire career on hold and with doing that around 3000 female emplyees lost there jobs.

As early as 1915, Harper's Bazaar raved over Chanel's designs: "The woman who hasn't at least one Chanel is hopelessly out of fashion … This season the name Chanel is on the lips of every buyer."
Most of chanels fashion was to show elegance through her designs, chanels own look was orignal and creative to others during that decade. compared to most females during that time, a pale face dark swept back hair, chanel had more of a boyish figure with cropped hair & tanned skin.

Chanel's initial triumph was the innovative use of jersey fabric, a machine knit material manufactured for her by the firm Rodier, and traditionally relegated to the manufacture of undergarments.Chanel's introduction of jersey to high-fashion worked well for two reasons. First, the war had caused a shortage of other materials and second, women started to desire more simple and practical clothes.desired outfits that did not give away easily and could be put on without the help of servants.

The little black dress became a number one popular fashion trend, Chanel started making little black dresses in wool or chenille for the day and in satin, crepe or velvet for the evening.The dress was fashionable, yet comfortable and practical because it was stripped of all excess.

Chanel is one of the most popluar and high end fashion names you still here today, its still something everyone wants to have within the house hold. she has created many amazingly beautiful creations that still lingure on in the present day, she is inspirational and incredibly to have a legacy so great.



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