COCO CHANEL

 

DIED 39 YEARS AGO TODAY, DID SHE KNOW HER BRAND WOULD GROW TO BE SO ICONIC? 

A STYLE ICON-WE KNOW. BUT THAT WAS JUST THE START. A YOUNG DESIGNER, SHE REVOLUTIONIZED FASHION AT THE START OF THE 20TH CENTURY- DROPPING THE WAIST, STRIPPING IT BACK, AND LOWERING THE PRICE TAG.- A HUGE STEP FOR ANYONE, LET ALONE A WOMAN. SHE REPRESENTED FEMALE EQUALITY, FASHIONABLY-WHICH GAVE WAY TO EMANCIPATION AND OF COURSE, FLAPPERS. SHE INVENTED THE SUNTAN AND THE LBD; COSTUME JEWELLERY AND CHANEL NO, 5; QUILTED HANDBAGS- NEED I SAY ANY MORE? AS IF THIS WASN'T ENOUGH, SHE CAME BACK TO DO IT ALL AGAIN IN 1953, THIS TIME BRINGING BOYISH BLAZERS AND SKIRT SUITS.

HER ‘MASCULINE CHIC’ REMAINS HUGE TO THIS DAY- INSPIRING SUCH AS ALEXA CHUNG, OLSEN TWINS AND COUNTLESS DESIGNERS. 

YES LEADERSHIP MAY HAVE CHANGED BUT THE CHANEL BRAND CONTINUES TO FLOURISH, WITH EACH SEASON BRINGING EQUALLY NEW AND INVENTIVE COLLECTIONS.  
I AIM FOR MY STYLE TO BE CHANEL INSPIRED- back to basics, ‘elegantly simple’ with straight up-boyish charm. 

A NICE CHANEL 2.55 IS ALL I NEED NOW♥