Coco Chanel, a woman that fought her way into fashion, was determine not to let her past and origins limit her future and ambitions, and so with a broken heart, the legend begun.
The creator of more than a trend and a way of styling gave a new meaning of what clothes represented and symbolized back then. For this post I am going to dedicate it to the life of the woman that made an epic change in women’s fashion clothes, Gabrielle Coco Chanel. A woman that inspired me to be different than everybody else, imposing her free way of thinking in a male society through clothes. A perfectionist, creative, break through woman with a strong character, became an icon and reference of women’s fashion throughout time. Her legacy, The House of Chanel, is now under the direction of Karl Lagerfeld with the intention to keep her spirit and ideals alive through time, molding and changing to satisfy and fit the woman of the present.
Her style transcended, time and wardrobes, becoming a classic both for mother and daughter. They are more than clothes but her brand is now considered a legacy. She built a brand, but a whole new perception of what the stereotype of woman represented back then. Classy and elegant Coco broke the female figure of women being portrayed as dolls. She created a new image of the woman of the twentieth century, portraying an independent woman, feminine and elegant but still comfortable and emancipated form the restrains of the fashion trends of the time, which kept women inside the fixed and breathtaking corsets that imposed a determine figure and style. She changed the epitome that the women of the time represented; she made a radical transformation introducing same pieces of clothes that only men wore at that time, into women’s wardrobe, such as cardigans, blazers, even short hair.
A turning point for both women and fashion, for she was the one that started thinking that change could be achieved even if that meant creating a revolution of minds. Coco hated corsets, and therefore clothes meant a freedom of movement, concept by which she based her designs, giving women more freedom and liberty to feel elegant and comfortable. She eliminated the concept that to be beautiful women had to suffer.
And so she became an inspiration, to move forward, and change.
