Have you ever wondered what it would be like to change the world of fashion completely? Or to create an empire that would last generations after your death? Coco Chanel accomplished both while living in style, grace, and luxury. Chanel was tired of the regular outfits of the day, so she changed them forever. Coco Chanel not only changed the way the world saw fashion, but influenced the way that women saw themselves.
Though Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel had a hard and lonesome childhood, she overcame it with great style and eventually incorporated her childhood into her sense of design. Chanel’s past is very inclosed, “Though there are few accounts of her youth, it is clear that Chanel had a difficult start to life: raised in poverty after losing
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5, the phenomenally successful perfume she introduced in 1922 with the help of Ernest Beaux, one of the most talented perfume creators in France” (“Coco Chanel In Full Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel” 1). Coco Chanel seemed to always find success in regardless of what she was doing, and Chanel No. 5 was just one example. This was also a turning point for Chanel, because she could now finance her own business, without the help of wealthy men. The people of the time took to her designs and “She [… became] a pioneering French couturier whose modern philosophy, menswear- inspired fashion and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her arguably the most important figure in the history of 20th- century fashion design” (“Gabrielle Chanel Born In Paris France” 3). People viewed Coco Chanel as a trendsetter mainly because her clothing lines were inspired by men's fashion wear. Which the menswear was much more comfortable than the womens style of the day. Coco Chanel proved that not only men's fashion could be comfortable, but women