The history of Coco Channel

Well, today we want to talk about Coco Channel.

Do you know that Coco was one of the most influential and powerful women in the fashion industry, and what important work did she do?

Her real name is Gabriella Bonheur Channel, she was born in France in 1883 (1262–1263), and at that time, when the world was in the hands of men, she started her own empire in the fashion industry.

1: she grew up in an orphanage

First of all, I must say that when Coco was 12 years old, her mother died while giving birth to her last child, and after this incident, her father put her and her 2 sisters in an orphanage that was under the control of Nanha* and sent my 2 brothers to the farm to work, so she started from zero and had no wealth.

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2: Her first job was singing in cabarets

Her first job was singing in cabarets, where he received no pay and relied solely on tips from cabaret patrons for her performances.

3. Getting the nickname “Coco”

During the time when she was singing, two of her songs were named “Ko ko ri ko” and “Qui qu’a vu coco.”

They will become famous, and then everyone will be known as Coco.

But she later declares that Coco was Nick Nimi, as her father called her.

4: she entered the world of fashion by designing hats

Well, let’s go back a little, to the orphanage. Let’s go to her main job. Cocoshnel learns tailoring in the orphanage, and in 1910 (1288–1289), he opens a boutique in Paris and starts designing and selling hats, and with this, he enters the world of fashion.

At first, her customers are very simple, but then a very rich woman walks into the Coco tailoring shop and tells her that she should price the hats she makes and how many times they should be priced, and not sell them cheaply at all, because people don’t appreciate cheap things and nothing. You don’t become famous.

That lady offers for her to go to her house one day and bring her hats there, and that lady also invites all the rich friends she likes, but they only accept because the coco hats are expensive. They bought her, and in this way, his business gradually helped to grow.

5: she was the first person to design trousers for women

Well, maybe many of you know that Coco was the first woman to make pants fashionable. Because at that time, when there were no cars, everyone went around on horses, and Chanel believed that riding a horse is difficult for women with skirts, and if we are going to be fashionable, first of all, it should be comfortable. and his risk-taking made her progress further.

Later, she created a revolution in women’s fashion with her famous suits, which were inspired by military uniforms and whose buttons looked like jewels, and freed women from those jingle-mingle dresses and pleated skirts.

6. Using the lion symbol

Another interesting thing about Chanel is the use of the lion symbol in the jewelry and buttons of its famous jackets. Everything began with her birth year (August 19, 1883), the same year the fifth sign of the zodiac (Leo in lion) was revealed and became the symbol of Koko’s good fortune.

she considered the number 5 to be her lucky number and also the symbol of the lion as the protector of himself and his work, and she has always hacked the image of a lion from that symbol next to her scissors and cigarette stick, jewelry, and even on the buttons of her famous suits.

7: Her favorite color was black

Her favorite color is black, and although white, beige, gold, and red are symbolic of her, she believes that black makes women shine, and nothing is more important and classy than a black dress.

Before Chanel’s little black dress collection, black shirts were worn only in mourning ceremonies, but after the use of black dresses, they became common in other official ceremonies as well.

8: She had a bitter personality and was very bad-mouthing.

I must say that Shanel was a very bold woman and did not always express her opinion freely. For example, she told Christian Dior that she makes very sophisticated clothes for women (so to speak, she dresses women like armchairs). she just told Balenciaga that the designs are very good, but the bread is awful.

Interestingly, Coco was also fond of disparaging her competitors, and one of her disparaging remarks about Christian Dior was framed when she said, “Dior doesn’t dress women, she upholsters them,” implying that Dior is not a designer for women, but only women. It covers this, and this is a clever reference to Dior being gay.

9: She introduced the best and most famous perfume to the world.

Since she liked the simplicity, she chose the names of his products as well, and as is clear, Chanel No. 5, which was her fifth fragrance, became very famous.

Well, as she himself believed that the number 5 was his lucky number, Chanel’s perfume number 5 was also one of her bad deeds. Do you know what happened to this perfume?

At that time, Marilyn Monroe asked her what he wore to sleep at night. And she came back and said, “Just a few drops of cape number five.”

10: Her cooperation with the Nazis

she was also involved in politics. It is said that she was a member of Abwher, a German spy group, and since she spent most of her time in the Ritz Hotel in Paris during the war with German agents and Nazis, she was forced to leave Europe.

11: Her love life (Boy Capel is her only lover)

In 1909, Chanel met an English polo player who was the lover of one of Coco’s friends at the time. In fact, Boy Capel was very rich, and because Chanel was from a very poor family, even though he loved her, he never married her.

Instead, he married a girl from a rich family, but even though he was married, he still went to visit Chanel.

According to the statements, this young man was very emotional, introduced Coco to poetry and literature, and was very supportive of Chanel. So, with his financial assistance, the first Chanel stores were opened, and Coco was inspired by his style when designing the main face. Chanel was very inspired.

However, Boy Capel is killed in a car accident in 1919. This was the first and last time Chanel was seen crying. He also makes the most serious decision of his life, and here he declares: “Either I die or what we started together will end.” deliver

12: Hes fame in America

After the Second World War, the press made fun of Chanel’s designs and age, and she lost popularity in Europe, but at the same time, she became very famous in America.

Life magazine in America, which was very famous, wrote: “At the age of 71, Gabriel Chanel has brought something more than a style; she has brought a revolution.”

13: The place of his death and burial

Coco Chanel spent more than 30 years of her life at the Ritz Hotel in Paris, where she died at the age of 87. She spent her days in her house and her nights in a hotel.

and finally died in 1971. She was buried in Lausanne, Switzerland. At his funeral, the first seats were occupied by her models, and her coffin was covered with white flowers.

Her tombstone was designed by his own designers and has a lion symbol.