Chanel

"Coco Chanel." //St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture //. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. //Gale Biography In Context //. Web. 13 Feb. 2012.


 * ** Born: **August 19, 1882 in Saumur, France
 * ** Died: **January 10, 1971 in Paris, France
 * ** Nationality: **French
 * ** Occupation: **Fashion designer
 * Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel
 * She was one of the most powerful designers of the 1920s, using knit, wool jersey, and fabrics and styles associated with menswear to remake the modern woman's wardrobe with soft, practical clothing.
 * She invented the little black dress in the 1920s
 * The fragrance Chanel No. 5, created in 1922, has driven the company with its reputation and profit.
 * As the chief designer since 1983, Karl Lagerfeld has combined a loyalty to Chanel's style signatures with an unmistakably modern taste.

"Coco Chanel." //Europe Since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. Ed. John Merriman and Jay Winter. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2007. //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gale Biography In Context //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. Web. 13 Feb. 2012.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">She favored simplicity, freedom of movement, and practicality, which were to become the standard fare of the modern woman: it amounted then to nothing less than a revolution in dress.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">She was past seventy then, but managed to sustain a rhythm of work and social life of someone much younger.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"Coco Chanel." //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">American Decades //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, et al. Detroit: Gale, 1998. //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gale Biography In Context //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. Web. 13 Feb. 2012.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">By the early 1920s she was directing a huge staff in four buildings on the rue Cambon, had introduced the simple chemise dress that became the embodiment of her "garconne," or "little boy," look, and had started a vogue for bell-bottom pants and lounging pajamas
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">in 1926 she brought out her little black dress, which <span class="italics" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">Vogue <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> labeled a "Ford" for its serviceable and enduring quality
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">During the 1920s Chanel herself hosted parties for these intellectuals as well as for the wealthiest and best-known members of European and American society
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">n 1957 Chanel was presented with the Neiman-Marcus Award
 * ====<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">In 1969 Coco Chanel's life was the basis for <span class="italics" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">Coco <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, a Broadway musical starring Katharine Hepburn ====

A. Coco Chanel B. C. Chanel has contributed to fashion by reinventing women's fashion by creating comfortable, wearable clothing.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">** Born: **August 19, 1882 in Saumur, France
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">** Died: **January 10, 1971 in Paris, France
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">** Nationality: **French
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">** Occupation: **Fashion designer
 * Born Gabrielle Chanel, Chanel was a small-town girl from Saumur, raised in a French provincial convent as an orphan and tried to escape her circumstances with the help of men of financial means and social standing.

a. Created the "Chanel Suit" which is a suit based off of a man's but changed to flatter the body. this was revolutionary because it was made for comfort and not shape.
====b. in 1926 she brought out her little black dress, which <span class="italics" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">Vogue <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">labeled a "Ford" for its serviceable and enduring quality ==== ====<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">C. by the early 1920s she was directing a huge staff in four buildings on the rue Cambon, had introduced the simple chemise dress that became the embodiment of her "garconne," or "little boy," look, and had started a vogue for bell-bottom pants and lounging pajamas====

Key accomplishment
a. in 1957 Chanel was presented with the Neiman-Marcus Award ====b. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">In 1969 Coco Chanel's life was the basis for <span class="italics" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">Coco <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, a Broadway musical starring Katharine Hepburn ==== ====<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">c. She was one of the most powerful designers of the 1920s, using knit, wool jersey, and fabrics and styles associated with menswear to remake the modern woman's wardrobe with soft, practical clothing. ====

Conclusion
a. Chanel revolutionized the modern woman's clothes. she used fabrics that were more comfortable and practicle than that of their predicesers. b. from the lowliest of places to the top of the fashion board, Chanel changed the face of fashion forever. she reinvented the way clothes were worn and how they looked. her signature black and white prints, Chanel Sweater, and Chanel No. 5, as well as her simple beliefs in how clothes should flatter and be comfortable at the same time are still constant in today's fashion.