People

Coco Chanel

  • Name: Coco Chanel
  • Birthday: 1883-08-19
  • Also known as: Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel,Gabrielle Chanel
  • Place of birth: Saumur, Pays de la Loire
  • Popularity: 2.93
Biography: Gabriel Bonheur Chanel (Coco) was born in 1883. When her mother died Coco was only twelve years old.  Her father abandons her and her siblings in the largest orphanage of the region, a convent in Aubazine. She started working in Moulins as a shop girl with a local milliner and the age of twenty-five , she met and started living with her first love, Ettiene Balsan. Coco starts decorating simple straw and felt hats and created beautiful and unusual designs, captivating the attention and admiration of the women that attended the horse races. Soon after, they began to ask her to custom-design hats that would complement their afternoon outfits. Between 1912 and 1914 Coco opens a millinery... Read More

Movies:

Title Release date
Anna Karina, Remember   as  Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2020-06-13
Coco Chanel's battles   as  Herself 2019-03-03
Coco Chanel vs Elsa Schiaparelli 2014-02-06
Chanel Chanel 1988-01-01