Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel came to Paris as the mistress of the textile baron Etienne Balsan in 1909 and set up a millinery boutique under Balsan’s apartment. Chanel was already a phenomenon in French fashion circles by the beginning of the twenties. She had a series of successful boutiques in Paris, Deauville, and Biarritz; she owned a villa in the south of France and drove around in her own blue Rolls Royce.
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The actress, who stunned in an archival Chanel dress, cohosted the Met Gala alongside Karl Lagerfeld in 2005 for an exhibition and gala dedicated to the history of the House of Chanel. This year, the event is in the late designer's honor.
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When Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel launched her debut perfume No5, in 1921, it changed the whole world of fragrance. We trace the story of this iconic name.
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