1. Coco Chanel
By: Helen Lin

2. Birth and Death Birth name: Gabrielle “Coco” Bonheur Chanel
Born: August 19, 1883, Coco was born in the workhouse in the Loire Valley where her unmarried mother worked though she denied it
Died: January 10, 1971 in Paris, France of Tuberculosis ( consumption)

3. Coco’s Family Coco’s mother (Jeanne Dovelle) died when she was young
Her father was Albert Chanel
She had two sisters: Antoinette and Julia Chanel
She had three brothers: Lucien, Alphonse, and Augustin Chanel

4. Coco’s Family Cont. Augustin dies as a baby
Coco’s mother died of tuberculosis when Coco was twelve
When Coco’s mother died, her father abandoned them
Coco was the oldest in her family

5. Albert Chanel
When Albert abandoned his kids, he left his sons with a peasant family
He sent Coco and her sisters to a convents‘ orphanage

6. Coco
Coco was the designer of Chanel products

7. Chanel
Englishman, Arthur Capel “Boy” helped her open her first milliner shop in Paris 1910
Later also helped her open her boutique in Deauville, France

8. Coco’s Contribution
Coco is well known for her contributions in the fashion industry
She made it fashionable for women to wear pants

9. Fashion Influence
Coco was one of the biggest influences of the fashion industry.

10. Coco in WWII Coco was shunned after Paris fell to Germany in WWII
Her shop was closed and she became a nurse for the Nazi army
She later went to Switzerland with her Nazi lover

11. Coco’s Comeback
She was angered after coming out of her exile when Dior came out with the “New Look”, the corset
It took a few years for her to win critics back over, but when she did, her suits became status symbols in their own right, and her career increased as she introduced purses, shoes
and jewelry

12. Media
A Broadway musical of her life opened in 1969, with Katharine Hepburn taking the role of Chanel
'Chanel Solitaire' in 1971 was the first film made about Coco
Followed by the American TV movie 'Coco Chanel' made in 2008
It rewrote her history by overlooking her connections to the Nazis.

13. Sources Cited http://www.icon-icon.com/index/index/page/3/