Interpretation Of CHANEL'S Legendary Life

A-Arthur lover

She was never married. She traveled with French military officer ETIENNE BALSAN, and then worked with British industrialist ARTHUR CAPEL. CAPEL invested her first hat shop, the first fashion shop, and she went out with her Duke of Westminster to inspire the first twill weave suit. Every man in her life inspired the source of creativity.

B-Black&white black and white

Chanel loves to create a dignified and noble immortal fashion sense with black.

But she thought the black was too monotonous, so she inspired her nuns and her maiden uniform from the orphanage, adding white to the collar and cuffs, and breaking the tedious and solemn.

She said: "black and white contain everything and represent everything. Their beauty is absolute."

C-Coco

Chanel when he was young, he became a wine club singer for a short time.

In legend, she was named for her love of "Coco".

An article in The Atlantic reported that Chanel also said frankly that Coco is the abbreviation of "cocotte mistress".

She did have a lot of lovers to support her career all her life, and she almost married the Duke of Westminster, the richest British royal family.

But after the romance broke up, she said a famous saying: "the Duchess is many, but there is only one Chanel in the world."

D-Different Like Coco different life

In 2008, Chanel became the protagonist of children's picture books.

This picture book depicts that Chanel came from cold but changed the fashion world.

She was really different from her life. She cut her hair short and French women followed suit. She did not design according to the cards: matching wool with silk, pearls with winter clothes, men's wear and women's legs, all of them became.

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E-Elegance is Simple is simple and noble.

In 1923, Chanel said to Harper s Bazaar magazine, "the key to true nobility lies in simplicity and no exaggeration."

She also said, "if She Hua (luxury) is not comfortable, where is She Hua?"

F-Flapper new women

The fashion design of Chanel's emancipation of women's body is closely related to a group of "new women" Flappergirls that rose in 1920s.

These girls are full of self-confidence, heavy makeup, cut short hair, wear short skirts, show the back of the arms and thighs, and they are the ancestors of the queen of night life.

Smoking, cocktail, Charleston dancing, doing what men used to do before.

G-Gabrielle Chanel

Before Coco, her name was Gabrielle.

When she set up a hat shop, she used the name to enter the fashion industry before switching to Coco.

H-Hat hat

When Chanel became rich and less Etienne Balsan's lover, she became very nervous at home and began to design her hat. She had no choice but to be favored by the upper class ladies. Arthur, the second lover, offered her a hat shop to pave the way for her future fashion career.

I-Icon Totem

Chanel was chosen by "Time magazine" to "change the 100 most influential people in twentieth Century". She is the only representative of the fashion industry.

And indeed, Chanel invented the language and aesthetics of modern clothing, becoming a symbol of modernism and a totem of the whole visual language.

J-Jersey fabric

Chanel often breaks the rules in terms of materials and colors. Jersey's cotton fabric was used to make men's underwear in those days, but she used to sew women's coats.

Material comfort, air permeability, sweat absorption, light, allowing women to act more easily during the war, selling well, a fashion classic was born.

K-Katharine Hepburn female star

In 1969, Chanel's life became a song and dance drama. It was staged on Broadway in New York. It was interpreted by Katharine Hepburn, a female star who also had the same independence, courage, love, hatred, and anger. Tony won the 329 best actress nomination for Hepburn prize.

L-Little Black Dress small

A small black dress designed by Chanel in 1926 completely subverted women's clothing. This little black dress later became an essential item in women's wardrobe, and it can go with different accessories on different occasions.

M-Menswear Menswear

Chanel is famous for its digging from men's clothing to women.

N-NO. 5 perfume

Chanel No. 5, launched in 1921, is the first perfume in history to abandon its poetic name and hang designer names.

O-Orphanage orphanage

Without an orphanage nuns, there will be no Chanel in the fashion world.

At the age of 12, when her mother died of tuberculosis, her father left home and worked hard outside the country. She placed her in the orphanage of the convent in foster care in.

Chanel lived there for 7 years, and she worked with a nun to make her future.

P-Pearl Pearl

Chanel's lover is not rich but expensive. She loves to give her jewelry.

Chanel also has its own style of matching, of which pearl (her favorite) and black skirt are her most classic models.

Q-Quilted leather trellis leather

Chanel loves riding.

Her classic bag 2.55 the diamond and diamond shaped leather on the leather is inspired by the Striped overcoat worn by the boys in the racecourse.

In the legend, Chanel has a hidden pocket in front of its 2.55 small bag, collecting the love letter of the pursuer.

R-Hotel Ritz Paris Hotel

During World War II, Chanel closed its fashion house in 1939 and moved to Hotel Ritz Paris in Paris.

Staying in the hotel for 30 years, he finally died in the hotel.

S-Suit suit

The suit is the signature design of Chanel.

In 1925, she designed a collar coat and a short skirt, so the combination of suits became her style.

T-Tweed tweed cloth

In 1950s, Chanel cut the coat with tweed cloth and Jersey, and introduced the heavy cloth into high fashion, and incorporated into her signboard design.

U-Unchanging classic unchanged

By the year 1960s, Chanel's design style had been quite natural. The classic Chanel look was a short skirt with short collar and short knee length.

She remained unchanged and changed only slightly in this successful classic.

V-Vogue

In 1926, Chanel launched the little black dress. Vogue was the first magazine to publish photographs.

The magazine predicted that this "simple but very sexy dress is suitable for women of all ages and bodies" and become "the uniform of all women with taste".

W-woman woman

Chanel's design is simple, based on women's body, needs and thoughts.

"I gave women freedom," she said in a 1923 visit.

They were surrounded by sweaty clothes, lingerie, thick cushions and sweat.

I now give their bodies back to them.

X-Xiang Nai Er Chanel

The Chinese name of Chanel.

Y-Yves Saint Laurent Saint Laurent

Chanel personally named the male designer as her successor.

Z-Zeitgeist spirit of the times

In 1920s, Paris's atmosphere was open, and new ideas, new things and new atmosphere were everywhere.

Chanel is regarded as a colleague by artists such as Jean Cocteau, Picasso and Daly. She is not just a tailor, but creates and embodies the spirit of contemporary freedom and openness on her clothes.

That's the way it is. Now, under the helm of Carl Lagerfeld, Lord of Buddha.