2.  Coco Chanel was born on
the 19th August 1883, in a
small city Saumur, France.
 Spent seven years in an
orphanage, where she
learned the trade of a
Seamstress.
 School vacations were
spent with relatives in the
provincial capital, where
female relatives taught
Coco to sew.
 Left the orphanage at the
age of eighteen and took
up work for a local tailor.

3.  First shop opened in 1912.
 Became one of the premier
fashion designers in Paris,
France.
 Fashion themes included
simple suits and dresses,
women's trousers, costume
jewellery, perfume and
textiles.
 Chanel’s fashion house had
expanded considerably, with
trends such as the quot;little boyquot;
look.

5. CHANEL PRODUCTS