Thanks to her introduction of the little black dress, trademark suits and Chanel No. 5 perfume, Coco Chanel is credited with ...

What inspired you to write about Coco Chanel? I’ve always been interested ... She felt great shame being illegitimate and growing up in an orphanage There was so much - her relationship and ...

Background: Born in Saumer, Southern France, out of wedlock and raised by nuns in a French orphanage ... Beauty-wise: Coco produced the first designer fragrance - Chanel No.5 in 1923, 5 being ...

French fashion designer and businesswoman Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971 ... her mother died and her father sent her away to an orphanage. Upon leaving the orphanage, she found employment ...

It is important, though, to separate the woman from the global fashion house, as Coco was an extraordinary ... century and brought up in an orphanage run by nuns, Chanel went on to become one ...