fashion designers. While she remains one of the most formative couturiers of the century – her fashion empire lives on in her namesake brand – her life was just as controversial as it was stylish.
Raised in a French orphanage before moving to Paris in 1918, Chanel soon became synonymous with a new style of dressing that did away with corsets and excessive layers of trimmings and tulles, instead embracing a more androgynous shape - a trend which has truly stood the test of time. “Coco Chanel was probably the most talented designer the world has ever seen,” celebrity stylist Alex Longmore tells The Independent.
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