1. BY AMANDA CHAN AND NATALIE FONG

2. BIG QUESTION
HOW DID COCO CHANEL BECOME A FAMOUS
DESIGNER WHEN SHE WAS AN ORPHAN?

3. FUN FACTS
• COCO CHANEL’S REAL NAME IS GABRIELLE BONHEUR CHANEL
• COCO CHANEL’S LIFE TIME WAS FROM 19 AUGUST 1883-10 JANUARY 1971
• SHE GOT HER NICKNAME AFTER A SONG SHE SANG CALLED COCO
• SHE WAS BORN IN SAUMER, FRANCE
• THE LOVE OF HER LIFE WAS KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT
• THE LOVE OF HER LIFE WAS CALLED BOY CAPEL
• SHE DIED AT AGE 87
• HER COLORS ARE BLACK AND WHITE
• SHE WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE CENTURY
• SHE CREATED THE WAY WE LOOK AND DRESS NOW
• HER FIRST SHOP WAS AT 21 RUE CAMBON, PARIS

4. QUESTION ONE
HOW DID COCO CHANEL TAKE OVER THE
FASHION WORLD?

5. SHE WAS CONFIDENT AND DIDN’T CARE
WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT.
SHE WAS TALENTED AND CREATIVE. SHE
MADE LOTS OF DIFFERENT CLOTHES AND
HATS WITH DIFFERENT FABRICS AND
MATERIALS.

6. QUESTION TWO
HOW DID COCO CHANEL USE HER POWER?

7. SHE DIDN’T ABUSE HER POWER
SHE USED IT WISELY
SHE GOT MORE FAMOUS IN THE WORLD
EVERYONE RESPECTED HER

8. QUESTION THREE
HOW DID COCO CHANEL LIVE BEFORE SHE
WAS FAMOUS AND HAD POWER IN THE
FASHION WORLD?

9. HER MOTHER DIED WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG
HER FATHER DIDN’T WANT HER ANY MORE
SHE WAS SENT TO AN ORPHANAGE
SHE LEARNED HOW TO SEW
LEFT THE ORPHANAGE AT AGE 18 TO BECOME A
SEAMSTRESS

10. QUESTION FOUR
HOW DID COCO CHANEL LIVE AFTER SHE WAS
FAMOUS AND HAD POWER?

11. SHE HAD LOTS OF MONEY
HAD A PERFUME CALLED CHANEL NO.5
PEOPLE LIKED HER CLOTHES
STOPPED DESIGNING FOR YEARS
MADE A COMEBACK THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL

12. COCO CHANEL’S
SLOGAN:
In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.
- Coco Chanel

13. SOURCES
-Coco Chanel. Christian Duguay. 2008. Film.
-Coco Chanel. N.d. Google. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2011.
<http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KcoBEqKStFc/
TMl_F5UZwnI/AAAAAAAAAUw/GYBS0JfYy3c/
s1600/coco+chanel.jpg>.
-"Coco Chanel." Wikipedia. Wikimedia, 8 Apr.
2011. Web. 8 Apr. 2011.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_Chanel>.
-Leymarie, Jean. Eternal Chanel. N.p.: Thames & Hudson, n.d. Print.
-Morand, Paul. The Allure Of Chanel. Illus. Kael Lagerfeld. Trans. Euan
Cameron.
London: Pushkin, 2008. Print.
-Pearl Neclace. N.d. Google. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2011.
<http://www.omiru.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/
tri-strand-pearl-necklace_091408.jpg>.

14. Sources
• http://womenshistory.about.com/od/chanelcoco/a/coco_chanel.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_Chanel
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanel
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanel_No._5
• http://womenshistory.about.com/od/chanelcoco/a/coco_chanel.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_Chanel
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanel
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanel_No._5

15. THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING!!!