CHANEL

Slide 1: The History of… CHANEL

Slide 2: Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel. Born in She was born the second illegitimate daughter of traveling salesman Albert Chanel and Jeanne Devolle in the small city of Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France.

Slide 3: Gabrielle becoming Coco. Early on Chanel was a cabaret singer at a local tavern In a nearby small French town, where she would sing a Favorite called ‘’Qui qu'a vu Coco’’ which translates to “Who has seen Coco” and the audiences fell in love with the song, asking the tavern staff, Where is COCO? Whenever Chanel was not working that evening.

Slide 4: Education After her parents death she spent 7 years in the orphanage, she was in orphanage sponsored education. She began designing hats as a hobby, after enrolling in the Notre Dame school of Board.

Slide 5: CHANEL’S FIRST BOUTIQUE The first boutique was a quaint resemblance of the store that Exists today on 21 rue cambon in the original location of the Company’s making.

Slide 6: CHANEL Golden Age Many believe that the Golden age was set off by the launch of Chanel’s most famous fragrance, No.5 it was at the time and still is one of the biggest and most widely known fragrances known.

Slide 7: COCO CHANEL’S RETIREMENT. Chanel chose to retire in 1939 when she let the House continue to be ran by various other closely knit people in the company until Karl Lagerfeld was commissioned to become The head of the house.

Slide 8: KL for CHANEL

Slide 9: CHANEL’S Lagerfeld era Karl Lagerfeld has brought new ideas and innovation to CHANEL while staying true to some standards Coco kept while running the house.

Slide 10: CHANEL & CELEBS Victoria Beckham Keira Knightley Audrey Hepburn

Slide 11: CHANEL collaborations CHANEL has done several collabs with the French Open as well as some promotional things with the NFL associated with american football.

Slide 12: CHANEL Jewelry CHANEL jewelry has become yet another big hit upon the House’s history the CHANEL broach is one of the most popular & widely desired piece of jewelry from the house.

Slide 13: CHANEL Handbags The House has created various accessory lines in its long history the CHANEL “Cambon” collection named after the street of the first CHANEL boutique is by far the most popular currently by them.

Slide 14: CHANEL footwear The ever so popular capped toe has remained a staple on most CHANEL footwear although Karl Lagerfeld has took the CHANEL boot to new heights…literally!

Slide 16: The latest CHANEL boots made in the quilted CAMBON leather to match their popularly sold CAMBON bags.

Slide 17: Karl Lagerfeld has made CHANEL even more iconic by transforming, yet evolving the menswear inspired line into much more while keeping true to Coco vision, making it a power house designer. CHANEL IS FOREVER

Slide 20: Refrences • www.style.com • www.chanel.com • www.fashiongroup.org • www.biography.com • www.wikipedia.org