Coco Chanel Blog

Women’s wardrobes would be oh-so-cumbersome, not to mention boring, without the contributions of the great Parisian designer Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel. Chanel gave us the little black dress, gaudy layers of pearls, and the fitted tweed suit. Most important, she popularized predecessor Paul Poiret’s early-1900s frocks that featured straighter silhouettes and shorter hemlines. These boyish pieces [...]