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Background: Coco Chanel was born as Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel on August 19, 1883 in Saumur, France. Chanel was raised on a French countryside by both of her parents. Raised in a modest lifestyle, she was one of five children in her household. By the age of six years old her mother had passed away leaving her father to raise her and her siblings on his own. Not soon after Gabrielle was abandoned by her father and left at an orphanage. While living in an orphanage she learned how to sew by the nuns who raise her. As a young adult she spent many years working in a café as a singer, thus earning the name Coco. Before working as a café singer, Coco worked as a shop girl for a short period of time. By the year of 1910, Coco had opened up her first store titled Chanel Modes and was selling hats. She was able to establish her name and build a …show more content…

5.Surprisingly, the perfume was named number five because it was the fifth perfume scent that was displayed to Coco and the creating process. In the same time period Coco had introduced the little black and the infamous Chanel suit. With the little black dress was seen as a scandalous dress. Coco took the color black which usually represented the mourning of a death and made an evening wear color for the risk taking woman. In the year of 1925, house of Chanel introduced the Chanel suit. This suit portrayed A calling lose jacket and fitted skirt that had similar elements from a men's suit, but being part of the Chanel collection still had a sense of comfortability She went on to create another perfume in 1922 which was titled No.22. Gabrielle went on to create many more perfumes and add a cosmetic collection. Alongside of her couture line, Coco had many side projects designing clothing for different events and important people. She had designed and created many costumes for the play Orphee written by Jean Cocteau. She also created costumes for the Ballets

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