Gabrielle Coco Research Paper

“ Fashion is not something that exist in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” (Chanel). Gabrielle Coco

Chanel was a huge part of the early fashion industry. She shaped the way fashion was developing. Despite not having the best childhood, Coco still believed in herself and went on to pursue her dream. Coco was a influential fashion designer radiating with many great skills.

Gabrielle was born on August 19, 1883 in Saumur, France. Coco’s childhood years weren’t the best. By the age of 12, Coco’s mother passed away. Leaving their father to tend to her and her sister. However, their father ended up putting them in an orphanage. Where she was taken care of and learned

She was with of these little girls(in the orphanage) who did not have any education, and why Chanel was different is a question that interest me. She also had two sisters and one brother, and nothing special happened to them.

Why was she so unique? I think that there was something innate; nobody educated her to have this amazing essence of elegance. Her desire to be independent, to have the same freedom of men, was very unusual (Blume). Coco was awarded for her fashion. She received the Neiman

Marcus award, Dallas,1957; Sunday Times International Fashion award, London, 1963 (Chanel,

Gabrielle, “Coco”). She also had a broadway play made about her called “Coco”.

An interesting fact about Coco is that she made the suit for women. Coco Chanel is often credited with putting women in pants, and she also the first designer to envision wearing suits--an article of clothing previously only worn by men. She truly revolutionized women’s fashion, which up until that time consisted mainly binding corsets, oversized skirts, and ultra-feminine detailing (Blalock). One of Chanel’s most popular item was the hat. Coco built her reputation in Paris on the extremely high quality of her hats