Coco Chanel: The History Of The Classic Chanel

There are only a few items in this world, that will never lose its value and identiy. One of them, is the classic chanel bag, originally designed by Coco Chanel herself. In this essay I will analyse the history of the bag and how it became such a phenomenon, as well as looking into the past life of fashion icon, Coco Chanel. In conclusion, a quick glimpse at other works that the chanel world produced will be explored.

To beginn with, the first official Coco Chanel handbag launched after World War II, in 1955 and made a huge impact in the fashion revolution. It was not only the material that made the whole world want one of these equipment, but for the first time, a handbag had a chain strap for the shoulder. "I got fed up with holding my purses in my hands and losing them, so I added a strap and carried them over

The Life of Coco Chanel

Coco Chanel was the only fashion designer to make it into the “100 most important people of the century”, list in New York’s Time magazine.

Born as Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel on August 19th, 1883 in Saumur, France, she quickly rose to fame. Before the glamorous time period of her life, she was a young little girl with big dreams. During her childhood, her mother died in early years, and her father worked extremely hard as a street vendor, with over hours almost every week, being nothing but usual. When he was not able to look after little Gabrielle anymore, he put her in an orphanage. Ran by nuns, the orphan life was all Coco knew. With the ability of knowing how to sew, taught by the nuns, was a start to her work later on in her life.

Her nickname “Coco”, was given to her when she used to perform as a singer in French clubs, for instance “Vichy” and “Maulins”. In the article “The Atlantic”, Chanel mentioned that the name “Coco” was a short form for “Cocotte”, which in French means “kept woman”. Coco Chanel