Coco Chanel wasn't just a fashion designer - she was the very first fashion icon. The French born designer's famous jersey-and-tweed suits closed the gap between male and female clothing and created a fashion that offered women both comfort and haute couture style. In a time when inequality ran rampant, Chanel took the reigns of feminism by the designer skirt hem by doing away with rigid corsets and cinched waists, in favor of pants and suit jackets for women - emerging as a pioneer for women's fashion and women's rights.
Born in 1883, Chanel was raised in a French orphanage. In 1912, she was backed by a wealthy aristocrat, Arthur Capel, who funded her first hat shop. Even during the Great Depression of the 1920's, Chanel's designs grew - thanks to word of mouth. Even though this was a time of tightened purse strings many people still found they could afford a $700 Chanel designer suit, from one of her Paris or Biarritz boutiques. After inventing Chanel No. 5 perfume, Chanel's name was on everyone's lips, so much so that director Samuel Goldwin commissioned her to dress the stars of his films, including Katherine Hepburn, Grace Kelly and Elizabeth Taylor.
In 1940, Chanel was forced to close her boutiques and turned to nursing during WWI. When she got romantically involved with a Nazi officer and fled to Switzerland, Chanel was exiled for fifteen years from her beloved Paris, only to return to fashion in the 1950s, when she caught the appreciative gaze of American Hollywood.
Coco Chanel died in 1971, leaving her moniker in the hands of Karl Lagerfeld, who still uses the Chanel name and traditional style philosophy.
Chanel 1112 classic flap bag vs.reissue 2.55 CC lock black
$165.00
Patent leather with backside patch pocket
internal zip pocket under front flap
silver hardware
one big outside patch pocket and two small patch pockets inside
comes with dust cover, certificate card and care booklet
Size L26*W8*H16cm
Chanel classic black flap bag vs.reissue 2.55 CClock chains rim
$160.00
Lamb leather with canvas
Silver hardware engraved with "CHANEL" logo
Internal zipper pocket, patch pocket, cell phone pocket
Metallic CC signature on front
Chain straps with leather woven through
An unattached pocket included
Size: W26×H14×D9
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