Instead, she would describe her artistic vision to someone who would make a rough draft for her.
This draft, saidThe New Yorker, “Chanel invariably finds all wrong.”
Chanel had a habit of skipping paper and cutting tables and making her drafts directly on a mannequin.
She ran with the likes of Winston Churchill and Pablo Picasso.
Other than working, the piece concluded, “her next preference is for doing nothing.”
You’ve also probably seen a version on Marilyn Monroe, and of course,Audrey Hepburn.
Chanel was raised by Catholic nuns in an orphanage after her unwed mother died (viaTime).
Her childhood became fodder for her fashion.
They were the mandatory uniforms for working-class women that Coco Chanel had grown up with.
Chanel was just astute enough to monetize the look.
