Coco Chanel

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Chanel headquarters in Paris

Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971)[1] was French fashion designer. She was a founder of the House of Chanel. She is said to have led the fashions in the 20th century. She was the only fashion designer to be named on TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century.[2] Her style that made women free from uncomfortable clothes. For example she designed a handbag with a shoulder strap that left the hands free.

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  1. ↑ "Madamoiselle Chanel: The Perennially Fashionable". Chanel. http://um.chanel.com/coco.php?la=en-us&lo=us&re=chanelcom. Retrieved 2006-10-13. 
  2. ↑ Ingrid Sischy (1998-06-08). "Coco Chanel". TIME 100 - The Most Important People of the Century. TIME. http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/chanel.html. 
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