The document provides biographical details about fashion designer Coco Chanel. It describes her impoverished childhood in a convent and her early career starting a tailoring shop. It outlines the opening of her hat and clothing shops in Paris and coastal towns in France in the early 1900s. The document discusses Chanel's feminist approach to fashion, creating simple, comfortable styles that went against traditional women's uniforms and emphasized mobility. It briefly mentions Chanel's brand today continuing under creative director Karl Lagerfeld and remaining a luxury label known for its logo.

1. GABRIELLE “COCO” CHANEL
Brooke Zimmermann

2. “WOMEN MUST TELL MEN ALWAYS THAT
THEY ARE THE STRONG ONES. THEY ARE
THE BIG, THE STRONG, THE WONDERFUL. IN
TRUTH, WOMEN ARE THE STRONG ONES. IT
IS JUST MY OPINION, I AM NOT A PROFESSOR.”
–COCO CHANEL

3. THE BEGINNING
• Impoverished
• Convent
• Music
• Tailoring Shop
• “Coco”

4. THE SHOPPES
1909-Woman’s Hats
1910-Rue Cambon Paris
1913-Deauville &
Biarriz

5. FEMINISM

6. THE LOOK
Uniforms
Suits
Feminist
Twists
Simple
Comfortable

7. CHANEL TODAY
 Gabrielle Chanel (1971)
 Karl Lagerfeld
 Logo
 Luxury

8. “I am not young but I feel
young. The day I feel old, I will
go to bed and stay there. J'aime
la vie! I feel that to live is a
wonderful thing.”