There is much to learn about famous French fashion designer Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel. She was born in Saumur in 1883 and was raised by nuns in an orphanage where she learned to sew at a young age. Chanel started her career as a milliner opening her first shop in Paris in 1913 following in the footsteps of fellow milliner and fashioner designer Caroline Reboux.
Dating back to the 18th century, rue Cambon was named after a famous French revolutionary elected to the National Convention, whose father was a fabric manufacturer. The streets in this part of Paris were built after the French Revolution.
France has given birth to many great fashion legends: Christian Dior (a Sciences Po graduate), Hermès, Christian Louboutin, and Yves Saint Laurent, to name a few of my personal favorites. There is one, however, who is more legendary than all others, who shaped women's fashion for her time and for decades to come.
There is much to learn about famous French fashion designer Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel. She was born in Saumur in 1883 and was raised by nuns in an orphanage where she learned to sew at a young age. Chanel started her career as a milliner opening her first shop in Paris in 1913 following in the footsteps of fellow milliner and fashioner designer Caroline Reboux.
Dating back to the 18th century, rue Cambon was named after a famous French revolutionary elected to the National Convention, whose father was a fabric manufacturer. The streets in this part of Paris were built after the French Revolution.
France has given birth to many great fashion legends: Christian Dior (a Sciences Po graduate), Hermès, Christian Louboutin, and Yves Saint Laurent, to name a few of my personal favorites. There is one, however, who is more legendary than all others, who shaped women's fashion for her time and for decades to come.
