Coco Chanel: How the fashion designer’s legacy lives on 50 years after her death Emily Cope © Provided by The Independent
When Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel died in her Ritz hotel suite on 10 January 1971, the world mourned the loss of one of its greatest fashion designers.
While she remains one of the most formative couturiers of the century – her fashion empire lives on in her namesake brand – her life was just as controversial as it was stylish.
Raised in a French orphanage before moving to Paris in 1908, Chanel soon became synonymous with a new style of dressing that did away with corsets and excessive layers of trimmings and tulles, instead embracing a more androgynous shape – a trend which has truly stood the test of time.
Gabrielle Chanel, ícono de un estilo que no pasa de moda
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Ícono de un estilo que no pasa de moda
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