Coco Chanel

Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971)^[1] was a French fashion designer. She was a founder of the House of Chanel. She was the only fashion designer to be named on TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century.^[2] She broke free of conventions and became a role model for some. Her behaviour during the German occupation of France in World War II led to criticism.^[3]

1. ↑ "Madamoiselle Chanel: the perennially fashionable". Chanel. Retrieved 2006-10-13.
2. ↑ Horton, Ros; Simmons, Sally (2007). Women Who Changed the World. Quercus. p. 103. ISBN 978-1-84724-026-2.
3. ↑ Vaughan, Hal 2011. Sleeping with the enemy: Coco Chanel's secret war. New York: Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-59263-7