Women's History Month by Martinez Amador, Leah - 13 https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9 Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel en-us 2022-05-26 14:14:39 UTC 2026-02-01 10:20:34 UTC hello@padlet.com 4690132 https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2200938342 2022-05-26 14:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2200938342 How did Coco Chanel become famous? 4690132 https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2200948311 Ms. Bonheur worked as a seamstress and became associated with several wealthy men. She met a man named Arthur Capel who assisted her financially to open a millinery shop in Paris in 1910. Her designs became successful immediately and in 10 years she was the head of a thriving Parisian Couturier.]]> 2022-05-26 14:31:20 UTC https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2200948311 Coco Chanel during World War 2 4690132 https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2200949813 Chanel closed all her shops at the start of WW2 because three thousand of her workers lost their jobs. During the war Chanel had a relationship with Hans Gunther Von Dinklage. Several sources claim Chanel served as a spy due to her relationship with a Nazi officer. Her associations with a German diplomat during the Nazi occupation tainted her reputation so she did not return to fashion until 1954.]]> 2022-05-26 14:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2200949813 4690132 https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2200951098 early Chanel Casual wear]]> 2022-05-26 14:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2200951098 What is Coco Chanel known for? 4690132 https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2202158651 Gabrielle Bonheur was a fashion designer. She designed woman’s suits, the quilted purse, costume jewelry, and the “little black dress]]> 2022-05-27 12:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2202158651 4690132 https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2202159387 “Fashion has become a joke. The designers have forgotten that there are women inside the dresses. Most women dress for men and want to be admired. But they must also be able to move, to get into a car without bursting their seams! Clothes must have a natural shape.”
- Coco Chane]]> 2022-05-27 12:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2202159387 Significant items of clothing Coco Chanel helped pioneer 4690132 https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2202159820
  • the collarless cardigan jacket
  • the bias cut dress – labelled a Ford by one critic because everyone had one.
  • The shoe string shoulder strap.
  • The floating evening scarf
  • The wearing together of junk and real jewels

    • ]]>     2022-05-27 12:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2202159820     4690132 https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2202161105 “In 1919 I woke up famous. I’d never guessed it. If I’d known I was famous, I’d have stolen away and wept. I was stupid. I was supposed to be intelligent. I was sensitive and very dumb.”]]> 2022-05-27 12:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2202161105 How did it all started? 4690132 https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2202162099 Coco Chanel was born into an impoverished (made poor) family. At the age of 12, her mother died, and she was sent to live with her father. It was strict and frugal concern for money and food. That is where she learned how to sew and gain a rudimentary knowledge of creating clothes.”]]> 2022-05-27 12:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2202162099 4690132 https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2202163937 “In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”]]> 2022-05-27 12:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2202163937 4690132 https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2205913857 2022-05-31 11:12:10 UTC https://padlet.com/4690132/hfbvorq6ornutwc9/wish/2205913857