Chanel

The House of Chanel, more commonly known as Chanel, is a Parisian fashion house in France.

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Founded by Coco Chanel by 1909, the small shop selling ladies headwear had moved to the upmarket Rue Cambon within a year. The house became especially famous with its signature Chanel No. 5 fragrance - so called as it was the fifth attempt at creating a Chanel perfume that Coco Chanel liked - and the popular Chanel suit, an elegant creation comprised of a knee-length skirt and trim, boxy jacket, traditionally made of woven wool with black trim and gold buttons and worn with large costume-pearl necklaces.

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After Chanel No. 5 was launched in 1923, Coco Chanel's fashions became well-known and were purchased by the high flyers of London and Paris society alike. Chanel took to living at the H?tel Ritz, and her suite of residence is named the Coco Chanel Suite even today. The German designer Karl Lagerfeld now presides over the house.

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Many celebrities carry chanel, including Jennifer Aniston, Lindsey Lohan, and Chanel lover Mischa Barton, even Michael Jackson.

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Parisian: Parisian is a moderate to upscale U.S. chain of department stores, based in Birmingham, Alabama. It is a division of Saks Incorporated, the owners of the Saks Fifth Avenue department store chain. The chain was founded by sisters Bertha and Estella Sommers under the name Parisian Dry Goods & Millin...

France: The French Republic or France (: R?publique fran?aise or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents....

Coco Chanel: Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel (August 19, 1883 – January 10, 1971) was a pioneering French couturier whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her arguably the most important figure in the history of 20th-century fashion design....

Chanel related Images and Photos (experimental)

Chanel, The Cheetah Girls Cutout	Marilyn Monroe Chanel No.5	Portrait of Mlle. Chanel	Caricature of Coco Chanel
Jean Cocteau and Coco Chanel	Jean Cocteau Sketching Model Elizabeth Gibbons in a Chanel Dress in His Hotel Bedroom