--- title: "Coco" description: "Question for ladies. What do you think is the most useful piece of clothe in women’s wadrobe ? small..." author: "olyachi" published: "2014-05-19T21:47:13+00:00" modified: "2014-05-19T21:47:13+00:00" locale: "ru" canonical_url: "https://yvision.kz/post/coco-412205" markdown_url: "https://yvision.kz/post/coco-412205/markdown" site_name: "Yvision.kz" --- # Coco > Question for ladies. What do you think is the most useful piece of clothe in women’s wadrobe ? small... ***Question for ladies. What do you think is the most*** ***useful piece of clothe in women’s wadrobe ?*** ***small black dress*** *Coco Chanel* *(Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel*) was a French designer, who established Chanel fashion house. Her influence for fashion of 20 th century was enormous. She was borrowing elements of traditional male wardrobe and following the principle of luxurious simplicity those two factors were the most common features for Chanel’s style (*le** luxe de la simplicité*). She brought jerkin (waisted jacket) and little black dress in women’s fashion. She became famous for branded accessories and perfume. She said: “The girl should be two things: classy and fabulous”. Q: What do you like in fashion look the most: luxury or simplicity? Why? Gabriel was born in 1883 but she claimed that her birth year was 1893. When she was 18 years old she got a job in clothing store. In her spare time she was singer in cabaret. The favorite songs were «Ko Ko Ri Ko» and «Qui qu’a vu Coco», she was nick named Coco because of this songs. Q: What do you think about giving or getting nick names? Do you have one? Do you call someone by nickname? If yes what is it? Gabriel’s appearance was nice but was not meeting the standards of that time. When she was wearing gorgeous dresses she looked unnatural. She believed that its better to have trained body with strong muscles than to wear corset. Coco started to compose her own models for herself. Strict costumes and variety of hats as a supplement Gabriel prefer more. Her simple elegance attracted first clients. Q: Do you believe that every person have his own standards of human beauty? Why? Chanel started her first shop in Paris in 1910. She was selling lady’s hats. During a year fashion boutique relocated to the Kambon street. And stayed there till nowadays just in opposite of Ritz hotel. Q:Tell me your opinion about the necessity wisely choose the location of shop? Is it important or not? Why? Chanel had a lot of friends amoung men. One of them Artur Cappel introduced her to theatre society. Since that time Chanel decided to use the famost thetre people in marketing stretegy. Her clients became actricess and they started advertise her label. In 1912 newspaper Le Mode published article about talanted desiner with plenty of preaty actiresse's pictures who were wearing Gabriel's hats. That was the brilliant PR move. Q: Do you think that wise PR strategy is important for successful growth of business? And why? All of you saw at least once in your life that lady's carry little hand bags in there hands. This kind of bags calls ridicule. In 1954 Coco claimed that she tired to carry ridicule in her hands. Besides she said that she always lose them somewhere. And in 1955 Chanel introduced the small bag which was on the long chain. Women was able now carry bags with comfortable just put them on their shoulders and forget about them. But never lose them. Q: Now question for men. What kind of bags do you like and why? In 1921 was borne famost parfume Chanle # 5. Besides the creator of this fragrance was french perfumer Ernest Bou. He was the russian emigrant and he alow Coco to choose any fragrance from the list from1 to 5 and from 20 to 24. And she chose bottle # 5. As you all know that Coco Chanel made small black dress popular. The secret of this one piece is that woman is able to wear it during the day time casually but when she decorates her look with accessories it turns in gorgeous evening dress. At the same time there were some rumors about that black dress. Some people believed that Chanel was wearing this kind of dress as reminder about her dead beloved Arture Kapel. Since she was not married with him after his death she was not allowed to wear potentials. аксессуарами. In 1926 american magazine Vogue compared the small black dress with the Ford car. Q: Tell me your opinion do you believe that it can be true. That the piece of clother can be popular in the same way as car. I would like to her both man and woman. In 1939 started the war. And Chanel closed her business. In 1940 her nephew was captured by Nazi. Chanel asked baron Hanse Gueter fon Dinklage to help to her nephew. Finally he was liberated. But the prize was huge. As said Wikipedia there was Hall Vogan famost journalist who claimed that Chanel cooperated with Germany government during world was 2. He wrote the book (Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel’s Secret War) in which he insisted that Coco not only provide Germans with French inside information but moreover she was official german scout. Q: Do you believe that in order to save close person people can run any risks? War was ended but Chanel’s hardships didn’t. She was blamed as nazi accomplice and was arrested for Collaboration. In 1944 she was liberated but with one condition. She had to leave France. Chanel moved to Switzerland. In 1954 when Gabriel was 71 years old she returned to Fashion world. Coco presented her new collection. However the fame and respect which she had before war period came to her only when tree seasons passed. From 1950 till 1960 Chanel сooperted with different Hollywood studious. She saw for Odry Hapbern and liz Thailor. There is Brodway musicle Coco. Coco dead at 1971 because of heart attack. [“It’s probably](http://www.cocochanelquotes.org/its-probably-not-just-by-chance-that-im-alone-it-would-be-very-hard-for-a-man-to-live-with-me-unless-hes-terribly-strong-and-if-hes-stronger-than-i-i/) [not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with](http://www.cocochanelquotes.org/its-probably-not-just-by-chance-that-im-alone-it-would-be-very-hard-for-a-man-to-live-with-me-unless-hes-terribly-strong-and-if-hes-stronger-than-i-i/) [me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who](http://www.cocochanelquotes.org/its-probably-not-just-by-chance-that-im-alone-it-would-be-very-hard-for-a-man-to-live-with-me-unless-hes-terribly-strong-and-if-hes-stronger-than-i-i/) [can’t live with him. … I’m neither smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a](http://www.cocochanelquotes.org/its-probably-not-just-by-chance-that-im-alone-it-would-be-very-hard-for-a-man-to-live-with-me-unless-hes-terribly-strong-and-if-hes-stronger-than-i-i/) [run-of-the-mill person. I’ve been in business without being a businesswoman,](http://www.cocochanelquotes.org/its-probably-not-just-by-chance-that-im-alone-it-would-be-very-hard-for-a-man-to-live-with-me-unless-hes-terribly-strong-and-if-hes-stronger-than-i-i/) [I’ve loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I’ve loved, I](http://www.cocochanelquotes.org/its-probably-not-just-by-chance-that-im-alone-it-would-be-very-hard-for-a-man-to-live-with-me-unless-hes-terribly-strong-and-if-hes-stronger-than-i-i/) [think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a](http://www.cocochanelquotes.org/its-probably-not-just-by-chance-that-im-alone-it-would-be-very-hard-for-a-man-to-live-with-me-unless-hes-terribly-strong-and-if-hes-stronger-than-i-i/) [woman who caused them concern and uneasiness. I’ve done my best, in regard to](http://www.cocochanelquotes.org/its-probably-not-just-by-chance-that-im-alone-it-would-be-very-hard-for-a-man-to-live-with-me-unless-hes-terribly-strong-and-if-hes-stronger-than-i-i/) [people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice.”](http://www.cocochanelquotes.org/its-probably-not-just-by-chance-that-im-alone-it-would-be-very-hard-for-a-man-to-live-with-me-unless-hes-terribly-strong-and-if-hes-stronger-than-i-i/) --- Source: [https://yvision.kz/post/coco-412205](https://yvision.kz/post/coco-412205)