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Chanel, Coco

(Encyclopedia) Chanel, Coco (Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel)Chanel, Cocoshənĕlˈ [key], 1883–1971, French fashion designer b. Saumur. She established a millinery shop in Deauville in 1909, founded her first…

Chanel Iman

Name at birth: Chanel Iman RobinsonChanel Iman is the American model of part-Korean heritage who became a regular in the Victoria's Secret stable in 2009. Chanel Iman was "named after legendary…

Coco Chanel

Name at birth: Gabrielle Bonheur ChanelDesigner Coco Chanel gave the world the little black dress, Chanel No. 5 perfume, and the revolutionary notion that style could be both classic and casual.…

Lagerfeld, Karl

(Encyclopedia) Lagerfeld, Karl, 1938–2019, German fashion designer, b. Hamburg as Karl Otto Lagerfeldt, immigrated with his family to Paris in 1952. He won a fashion award at 16, designed for…

Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel Biography

Gabrielle "Coco" ChanelBorn: 1883 Chanel is considered the most significant designer of the 20th century. She introduced the little black dress, sweater sets, the pleated skirt, triangular…

jewelry

(Encyclopedia) jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace,…

Marie Gillain

Marie Gillain was only 16 when she made a splash in film as a precocious teenager in the French hit My Father the Hero (1991, with Gerard Depardieu). American art-house audiences know her mainly as…

Audrey Tautou

Audrey Tautou is a French actress who became an international star as the mysteriously smiling lead in the romantic comedy Amélie (Le Fabluleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, 2001). She was already well-…