What a woman! Nothing stopped the dynamic Coco Chanel from becoming the most stylish, sophisticated fashion icon of the 20th century. History has proven her right as Coco escaped a life of poverty and hardship to propel herself into a powerful fashion designer of her own making.
Gabrielle Chanel was born illegitimate in Saumur, France on August 19th 1883, but she would later claim that her real date of birth was 1893, making her ten years younger. Her mother died at the young age of thirty three and her father sent Coco and her older sister Julie to an orphanage when she was only 12. “By the time I was 12, I realized that money is freedom,” she said.
The young Chanel was sent to the orphanage of the Catholic monastery of Aubazine, where she learned the trade of a seamstress.
When she turned 18 she left the orphanage and…
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