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The story behind Chanel?
1883 On August 9th, Gabrielle Chanel was born in a poor family in Somme. After losing her mother in 1895, Chanel's father sent her and her sisters to Abbasin monastery near brive province in central France, and never saw her biological father again.

19 10, Chanel opened a milliner's shop "Chanel Fashion" at No.21in Paris. Her design was favored by the most famous French actress at that time and brought her a good reputation. Chanel's simple and elegant dress style caused a sensation and quickly swept through Paris.

19 13, she opened her first clothing store in Douvier, and launched a series of sportswear. The knitted garments she designed have revolutionary significance, which has made women have a new awareness of their bodies and changed their lifestyle, so they have achieved great success.

On 19 14, Chanel met Misia, a Polish Russian female pianist, and they became close friends. Mihia is a leading figure in Chanel's artistic social circle.

Subsequently, the prestigious Chanel opened her first personal brand fashion house in biarritz on 19 15. 19 18 opened a boutique in 3 1 Campen Street, Paris.

192 1 year, she published an epoch-making perfume work, N 5, written by Ennis Bao, a former court perfumer of the czar. The trip to Scotland with the Duke inspired Chanel to design her first tweed suit.

1924, Chanel reached an agreement with the then industrial giant witmer brothers to set up a Chanel perfume and cosmetics company to sell perfume and beauty products. Today, the Waitermeier family runs the Chanel brand. Her little black dress launched on 1926 was praised as "the new uniform of modern women" by American Vogue magazine.

193 1 year, at the invitation of production tycoon Samuel Godwin, Chanel went to Hollywood to make clothes for screen superstars. Against the background of the 1932 stock market crash and the Great Depression, Chanel held the "Bijoux de Diamants" diamond and jewelry exhibition against the trend. This dazzling high-end jewelry exhibition was held in Chanel's private residence to celebrate the pure beauty of diamonds.

1954, 7 1 year-old Chanel returned to the world of high-end women's wear. She was very disgusted with the fashion trend at that time and set off the second fashion revolution with her own creativity and unique design.

1955, "Chanel suit" was launched. In February of the same year, the iconic 2.55 diamond handbag came out, named after the year when the handbag was born. She combined leather with chain and invented a new type of flexible leather chain shoulder strap, which is strong and light, and can also liberate women's hands.

1957, Chanel was invited to Dallas, Texas, USA to receive the "Nieman Marcus" award known as "Oscar in fashion"; The organizer called Ms. Chanel "the most influential fashion designer in the 20th century". In the same year, classic two-color shoes were launched.

197 1 year 1 month 1 day, Chanel passed away at the age of 88.

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Because Chanel's life is legendary, her life story has been adapted into stage plays and movies many times.

On 1969, katharine hepburn put Chanel's story on Broadway, composed by Andre Levin and alan jay lerner. French actress Marie Frans Pierre once played this role on the screen.

Coco chanel, released in 2008, starred Sally McLean, malcolm mcdowell and Barbara Bo bulova.

On April 22nd, 2009, the film "Young Chanel" directed by French director anne fontaine tells the story of her struggle, and Audrey Dodo (the heroine of Angel Emily) plays the heroine coco chanel.

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