Back in time: Coco Chanel

Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel,

Rodjena je u francuskom gradicu Saumuru 1883. godine kao vanbracno dete.  Sa 16 godina pocinje da radi kao krojacica, a zelja da postane modni dizajner ostvaruje joj se 1909. godine kada otvara svoj prvi butik.

Pored poznate male crne haljine, kompleta koji se sastoji iz suknje do kolena i sakoa i parfema Chanel No.5, Coco je dizajnirala i rucnu torbicu sa drskama koje su predstavljali zlatni lanci, biserne ogrlice i cvet na reveru. 

Cinjenica 1: Prvobitno prezime bilo joj je Sasnel, madjutim greskom je upisana kao Sanel. A moramo priznati da nam se ovo drugo vise svidja. :)

Rad kao igracica i pevacica nije obecavao karijeru, ali kao fatalna zena primamljivala je elitne muskarce koje je iskoriscavala kako bi uspela u svom cilju. Nadimak Coco potice joj upravo iz tih dana.

Coco Chanel je zauvek promenila svet mode. Zene je oslobodila korseta i dugih suknji. Uvela je duge pantalone tzv. zvonarice, kratke kapute, ravne suknje, uske sakoe, sesire.. Inspiraciju za svoje kreacije pronasla je u muskoj odeci.

Cinjenica 2: Kako je nastala mala crna haljina? Najveca ljubav Coco Chanel bio je engleski aristokrata Artur Kapel. Iz nepoznatog razloga on se zeni drugom zenom, ali Coco nastvlja da bude njegova ljubavnica. Nakon Arturove saobracajne nesrece, Coco kao simbol patnje za njim dizajnira malu crnu haljinu.

Cinjenica 3: Coco je pozelela da ima i svoj parfem. Jedan covek joj je doneo kofer sa 5 parfema razlicitih mirisa. Nakon sto je pomirisala svaki od njih odlucila se za onaj poslednji. Ime mu je dala Chanel No.5. Na pitanje zasto bas 5, odgovorila je jer je to poslednji parfem koji je pomirisala od ponudjenih 5.

I pored njene  velike uloge u svetu mode, Coco je bila i veliki borac za zenska prava.

Svoje kombinacije ispunila je elegancijom i seksipilom, a ideje stvarala na licu mesta.

Pored velike ikone stila, ostace upamcena i kao simbol samostalne i promisljene zene, individualnosti i otmenosti.

Umrla je u Parizu 1971. godine.


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Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel,
Was born in a small franch town Saumur in 1883. Like sixteen-year-old she started to work like dressmaker, a wish to become a fashione designer came true when she opened her own butique in 1909.
Her most iconic designs are little black dress, set of short skirt and coat, parfum Chanel No.5, bag with golden chains, pearl necklace and flower on the lapel.

Fact 1: Her original last name was Chasnel, but coz of mistake, it had been written like Chanel.

Her work like dancer and singer didn't promising career, but like fatal women she was tempting for mans and exploiting them just to reach her goals. Nickname Coco came from those days.
Coco Chanel changed forever world of fashion. She fided woman from corsets and long skirts. She made long pants, short coats, flat skirts, thin coats, hats.. Her inspiration were male's clothing.

Fact 2: Coco wished to have her own fragrence. One men bring her coffer with 5 different smells of parfums. After she smelled all of them she decided to use the last frangence and named it Chanel No.5. On question why 5, she said because it was the fifth one she smelled.

Fact 3: How was made little black dress? Coco's biggest love was british aristocrat Arthur Capel. For some unknown reason, he married with other women, but Coco stayed his lover. After Arthur's car accident, Coco made little black dress like symbol of sadness for him.

Besides her big rule in world of fashion, Coco Chanel was fighter for woman's straights.
Her designs was full with elegance and glamour, and her ideas were created on the spot.
Pass big icon of style, she was remembered and like symbol of independent and toughtful women, individuality and stylishness.
She died in Paris in 1971.
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Coco's Quotes:

1. "Fashion passes, style remain" / "Moda prolazi, stil traje.''

2. "The best color on he whole world, is the one that looks good, on you!"/ "Najbolja boja na citavom svetu je ona koja dobro stoji na tebi."

3.  I don’t understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little – if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that’s the day she has a date with destiny. And it’s best to be as pretty as possible for destiny.’/
"Ne razumem Kako zena moze izaci iz kuce bez ulepsavanja sebe malo-ako je samo iz pristojnosti. A onda, nikad ne znate, mozda je to dan sastanka sa sudbinom. A najbolje je biti lepa onoliko koliko je moguce za sudbinu."

4.  “A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.”/
"Devojka treba biti dve stvari: elegantna i fabulozna."

5.  “Where should one use perfume?’ a young woman asked. ‘Wherever one wants to be kissed,’ I said.”/
"Gde treba neko koristiti parfem?' pitala je mlada zena. 'Gde god ona zeli biti ljubljena,' rekla sam.