10 Things You Need To Know About
Coco Chanel
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Coco Chanel was born on 19 August, 1883, Saumur, France. Her real name was Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel.
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She acquired the nickname "Coco" in the early 1900s during her career as a cabaret singer.
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Coco learned sewing when she was in Aubazine (a convent orphanage), where the nuns taught her basic sewing skills and techniques.
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Coco was a French fashion designer & businesswoman. She founded her own French luxury fashion house "Chanel", in 1910.
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Coco Chanel began her fashion career by designing hats and became a licensed milliner in 1910.
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She was also the only fashion designer listed in the list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century in Time magazine.
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"Chanel No. 5" was her most iconic fragrance product & also her signature scent, which she launched in 1921.
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Coco Chanel never married, but she was the mistress of the most wealthy & influential men of her era and had no children.
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During 1935, she became a regular drug user, and she also used to inject herself with morphine on a regular basis.
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She spent her 30 years of life at the Hotel Ritz. She died at the same hotel on January 10, 1971 (aged 87).
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