Coco Chanel text

(    )

revolutionized women’s fashion. She designed modern and simple clothes that were often based on

(    )

the test of time and is part of the modern woman’s wardrobe.

(    )

when Gabrielle was six and then her father abandoned her. She adopted the name Coco while

( 1 )

Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was born in France in 1883 and died in 1971. She was a pioneering fashion designer who

(    )

she was a cafe singer in 1905. Two lovers funded her first store in Paris in 1910. They also

(    )

after the war. Her 1954 collection did badly in France. Today, however, her name is the biggest in fashion.

(    )

the Nazi occupation of Paris she had a lover, a German spy. This relationship made her unpopular for a decade

(    )

At the beginning of World War II she moved into the Ritz Hotel in Paris, which became her home for 30 years. During

(    )

Chanel had a very poor upbringing. Her mother worked in the poorhouse where Gabrielle was born. She died

(    )

elegant clothes were popular across Europe. Women found her mannish clothes to be liberating. In 1922 Chanel introduced

(    )

helped her hats become popular with rich women.

(    )

menswear. She was so important that she was the only designer named in ‘Time’ magazine's list of the

(    )

In the 1920s, Chanel rose to become Paris’ top fashion designer. Her comfortable, yet

(    )

her perfume, Chanel No. 5, which is still highly profitable. Her famous Chanel suit has also stood

(    )

100 most influential people of the 20th century.