Coco Chanel World fashion design - Culottes World Fashion View 2015

Synopsis about Coco Chanel 

Fashion designer Coco Chanel, born August 19, 1883, in Saumur, France, is famous for her timeless designs, trademark suits and little black dresses. Chanel was raised in an orphanage and taught to sew. She had a brief career as a singer before opening her first clothes shop in 1910. In the 1920s, she launched her first perfume and eventually introduced the Chanel suit and the little black dress, with an emphasis on making clothes that were more comfortable for women. She died on January 10, 1971.

While not officially charged, Chanel suffered in the court of public opinion. Some still viewed her relationship with a Nazi officer as a betrayal of her country. Chanel left Paris, spending some years in Switzerland in a sort of exile. She also lived at her country house in Roquebrune for a time.
At the age of 70, Chanel made a triumphant return to the fashion world. She first received scathing reviews from critics, but her feminine and easy-fitting designs soon won over shoppers around the world.

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Gabrielle Fashion T-Shirts for Women 

Gabrielle Designs was started in Doncaster by Shirley Clarkson from her home in Doncaster, England. She was originally commissioned to design some tea cosys by a local shop, which she fashioned to look like cockerels. These proved popular and in 1971, using her middle name as inspiration, 'Gabrielle' Designs was born. As their beautiful range of eclectic products grew from tea cosys and aprons to draught excluders and lamp shades, so did her business and before long Shirley Clarkson was running a small cottage industry from her home in Doncaster. As a gift for her children Shirley would lovingly craft that year's toy of choice, having recently read and loved Michael Bond's new book about a 'delightful little bear called Paddington' with illustrations by Peggy Fortnum. Shirley knew at once that was to be this year's toy. Not only that but once the first bear had been put together from studying Fortnum's original drawings, she knew it was going to be a Gabrielle product. After some negotiations with lawyers representing Michael Bond Gabrielle Designs was granted the first licence to manufacture a Paddington Bear soft toy.Original Gabrielle Designs Flyers taken from "Bearly Believable" by Shirley ClarksonIn 1977 flannelette pyjamas were introduced as a stand alone accessory, sold separately they lovingly recreated those that he was seen wearing in the hugely popular TV Series