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Coco Chanel
- fashion designer
- textile designer
- business executive
- modiste
- grand couturier
- costume designer
- entrepreneur
- Born 1883-08-19
- Died 1971-01-10 (aged 87)
- Nationality France
Biography
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Filmography
See full filmography- 1939The Rules of the Gamecostume designerMovie
age 56 - 1932The Blood of a Poetcostume designerMovie
age 49
| Role | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Movie | costume designer | 56 | |
| 1932 | The Blood of a Poet | Movie | costume designer | 49 |
Career timeline
Award won Role or nomination
1883 age 0
Born1932 age 49
1939 age 56
1971 age 87
Died
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Photos
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He will soon be claiming that the Resistance has liberated the world.
Coco Chanel, CC BY-SA 4.0
There is nothing more comfortable than a caterpillar and nothing more made for love than a butterfly. We need dresses that crawl and dresses that fly. Fashion is at once a caterpillar and a butterfly, caterpillar by day, butterfly by night
Coco Chanel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Fashion is made to become unfashionable.
Coco Chanel, CC BY-SA 4.0
How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something, but to be someone.
Coco Chanel, CC BY-SA 4.0
In 1919 I woke up famous. I'd never guessed it. If I'd known I was famous, I'd have stolen away and wept. I was stupid. I was supposed to be intelligent. I was sensitive and very dumb.
Coco Chanel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Youth is something very new: Twenty years ago no one mentioned it.
Coco Chanel, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Personal details
- Nationalities
- France
- Languages
- French