August 27, 1968. The more I get older, the more I become reliant on morphine to numb the feelings of my loneliness. Morphine is my only substitute for love, I often use it to help me sleep, but that doesn’t stop the reoccurring nightmares that fill my mind each night when I close my eyes. I don’t mind being old. “You can be gorgeous at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.” (Coco Chanel) I mind the fact that I am doing it alone. “There is nothing worse than solitude. Solitude can help a man realize himself; but it destroys a woman” (Coco Chanel). I, Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel, was born a bastard to Jeanne Devolle and Albert Chanel in the quaint town of Saumur. When my mother died I was left all alone, and sent to an all girls convent, forcing me to part ways with all but one of my siblings. Later on I learned that my own father had abandoned me, along with all of his other children, in order to live out the American dream. I grew up in an orphanage, raised by the straitlaced …show more content…
. “My life didn’t please me, so I created my life.” (Coco Chanel) In Vichy and Moulins I became a seamstress in a small tailoring shop, while working part time as a performer with my sister. On stage I often performed the French song “Qui a Vue Coco dans la Trocadéro?”, which translates to “Who’s seen Coco in Trocadero?” This is where I earned my nickname. When my sister married a Baron I was left on my own, once again. I tried becoming a solo act but my whole career collapsed before I even knew it. But during one of my many performances I met the financially well-endowed Étienne Balsan, one of my first admirers. I moved into his Chateau Royallieu, where I stayed for three years. Étienne and I parted ways after I met Boy. William ‘Boy’ Capel was a well-off Englishman, who often stayed at the Balsan residence. Boy did not undermine my skills. He believed in me, and my future in