1. Queen of Haute Couture
«There is time for work. And there is time for love.
That leaves no other time»
2. What you know about this person and
what your association with her:
Famous fashion designer
She is Frenchwoman
Well-known brand
Small black dress
Chanel №5
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3. What you will know:
Who is Gabriel
Why Chanel became Coco
Why Chanel became so famous
How she achieve success
Her romances.
Was it true love or the way of achieving goal?
Why her famous aroma was named «№5»
What her small black dress compare with
Downside of her world-wide fame
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5. She was born on
August 19th, 1883 in
France. Her mother
died at a young age, and
Gabrielle’s father was
"A girl should be two not able to take care of
things: classy and
5 children alone. This is
fabulous."
why Gabrielle spent 6
years in an orphanage of
the Roman
Catholic monastery.
6. The orphanhood
and poverty became
for Gabriel Chanel
first "universities" of
her life. She had
great gift of the self-
"There are people who educated person.
have money and people The family lived
who are rich." from hand to mouth
that is why she had
not opportunity to
be educated.
7. "Since everything is in our heads,
we had better not lose them."
Coco Chanel all subsequent life aspired
to forget about the sad childhood,
composed legends. She fought against
the past, with that humiliating
existence when in despair shouted to
pupils of a shelter: "I am not an
orphan!" Already then at a poor table
she swore to overcome own poverty and
haplessness.
8.
9. "In order to be irreplaceable one
must always be different."
When Gabrielle was 20 years old, she started
working as a cabaret singer. This is where she got
her nickname, Coco.
It was based on two popular songs with which she
became identified, “Ko Ko Ri Ko” and “Qui qu’a vu
Coco,” The song “Ko Ko Ri Ko” was her favorite.
The soldiers there called her "Coco," and she
adopted the nickname.
10. «Great loves too must be endured»
She had many male admirers, and she
became a mistress to many powerful men in
the society. Because of this, Gabrielle was
able to get financial aid and social
connections to start a fashion business in
1913.
11. Coco in Mulen with rich officer Balsan went to Paris.
They lived in the castle where she for many years
can play a role of a pity kept woman: her opinion is
not taken into consideration
12. Coco Chanel found the second lover - the Englishman,
Boy Keypel. In this time the destiny smiled to her.
Chanel could wake Balsan's jealousy, and in this rivalry
she won to herself means to open a fashionable hat
shop.
13. Coco Chanel was a beloved of the grand duke
Dmitry Romanov, however the duke Westminster
became the dearest man to her heart. He belonged
to English royal family and was one of the richest
people of Great Britain.
15. through hardship
to the stars Over the years,
Gabrielle has faced
"Success is often achieved by many challenges as a
those who don't know that
designer. However,
failure is inevitable."
she never gave up and
continued following
her passion. She took
advantage of her social
connections and took
risks all the time.
16. "There is no time for cut-and-dried
monotony. There is time for work. And
time for love. That leaves no other time!"
Her trade of hats began very quickly to prosper. Many
French celebrities came to it to shop However for
unruly Coco this business was too narrow, her active
nature demanded grandiose achievements
By 1919, Coco Chanel was firmly established as
courtiere and a name in the Parisian fashion industry.
17. First portrait of Gabrielle Chanel with one of her own hats published in the
theatre magazine 'Comoedia Illustre', 1st October 1910.
19. Glorified perfume «Chanel No.
5» was brought Coco world
popularity.
Chanel mixed in one 80 different
components. There were 20
"A women who perfumery test tubes. She chose
doesn't wear perfume the fifth asked to add slightly a lily
has no future." of the valley from her youth, and
without thinking twice
appropriated to this aroma own
name, having added serial number
of a trial bottle.
And still her aroma remains to the
most sold in the world.
20. small black dress
"Elegance does not consist in
In history Gabriel Chanel
putting on a new dress."
entered as the founder of a
small black dress. Which
didn't get out of fashion in
this day and age and it is
essential of any female
wardrobe
In 1926 the American
magazine "Vogue" equated
on universality and
popularity «a small black
dress» to the "Ford" car.
26. Coco Chanel was
included into the
list of 100 most
influential people
on a planet for all
history of mankind
27. Coco Chanel never was married. It had an infinite
number of the admirers, almost all her partners in
affairs were men, but she didn't marry. Her
contemporaries said that suit art for it always was
on the first place
Gabriel Chanel was the woman with a strong mind.
She achieved much, but, as we know, any medal
has two sides. On the one hand glory and success,
and on the other hand, her eternal life's
companion – loneliness.
28. Coco Chanel lived in hotel. The Ritz hotel was her
house. More than 30 years Chanel considered Ritz
which was one of the most magnificent hotels of
Paris, the house.
29. Coco Chanel brought in fashion suntan.
Sunburnt skin became fashionable since the
time of Chanel. What is interestingly that it
occurred casually. In 1923 Coco was sunburnt
on the sun during cruise, and the public right
there picked up "trend" when Coco appeared
in such look in Cannes.
30. She was one of the first
who began to use
celebrities for advance of
her things. She dressed the
well-known actresses and
photographed them for
advertizing pages. Since
then many most successful
actresses became the face
of brand of different years