Maison Coco Chanel
World famous fashion designer coco chanel was a woman known for elegant style and her refined taste.
Maison coco chanel. High jewelry pieces inspired by the embroideries of the kitmir maison an atelier founded by gabrielle chanel in partnership with the grand duchess maria pavlova. Now an urban explorer has taken a look inside the decaying property capturing some fascinating footage of some of the objects it still contains. The founder and namesake of the chanel brand she was credited in the post world war i era with liberating women from the constraints of the corseted silhouette and popularizing a sporty casual chic as the feminine standard of style. French fashion designer coco chanel once had quite the host of high society connections and a sprawling scottish mansion in which she hosted them.
Tucked between monte carlo and menton at the eastern end of the. Kristen accessorised her casual tee and skirt with a chanel coco crush ring in 18 karat yellow gold and the maison s première watch in 18k karat yellow gold and diamonds for a photocall at the cannes film festival in 2016. Discover the second chapter of the paris russe de chanel collection. Coco chanel was born gabrielle bonheur chanel on august 19 1883 in saumur france.
During her tenure at the maison she founded she liberated women from tight fitted tailoring and instead designed louche hits most famously the bouclé tweed jacket which features cropped sleeves and fits like a cardigan when the late karl lagerfeld was handed the helm a position which he held for over 30 years until he. Her early years were anything but glamorous. At age 12 after her mother s death chanel was put in an. Comfort was key for chanel s founder gabrielle coco chanel.
Gabrielle bonheur coco chanel 19 august 1883 10 january 1971 was a french fashion designer and businesswoman. 5 de chanel was a gift to clients of chanel. Originally a bottle of no. In 1923 to explain the success of her clothes coco chanel told harper s bazaar magazine that design simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.