1. Patricia Veas
2º bach BC

2. OUTLINE
• Chilhood & life
• Her beginins
• Famous creations
- Clothes(little black dress,cardigan
jacket)
- Parfume ( Chanel nº5)
• Her death
• Some questions

3. COCO CHANEL, HER REAL LIFE
• Name: Gabrielle
Bonheur Chanel /
• Date of birth: 1893 /
• place of birth: Loire
Valley/
Coco
1883
Auvergne

4. CHILDHOOD
• Her mother died when she was six
years old
• Chanel was sent to an orphanage
• School vacations were spent with
relatives
• When she turned eighteen, she left
the orphanage, and took up work by
a local tailor.

5. HER BEGININS
• First World War: move to Deauville
• In Deauville: mistress of a rich
military officer / wealthy English
Industrialist
• She open her own millinery shop in
Paris in 1910
• Boutiques in Deauville and Biarritz.

6. CHANEL Nº5
• Created in: 1922
• Two years later Pierre
Wertheimer became her
business partner and her
lover
• The Wertheimers
continue to control the
perfume company today.
• The reason of the name:
the fifth test
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTO4FHf8MBs&featu

7. CLOTHING
• 1925 Chanel
launched her
signature cardigan
jacket.
• 1926 : Chanel
launched the little
black dress

8. HER DEATH
• 1971
• Worked until her death
• At the age of 88

9. FAMOUS PHRASES
• In order to be irreplaceable one must
always be different.
• A girl should be two things: classy and
fabulous.
• Fashion fades, only style remains the
same.

10. TEST
• What was her real name?
a) Gabrielle
b) Chanel
c) Coco
• Her famous perfume is call
a) Chanel nº4
b) Chanel nº 55
c) Chanel nº5

11. SUMMARY
• Her real life
• Her childhood
• Her beginins
• Chanel nº5 and a video
• Clothing
• Her death
• Some questions