French fashion designer and entrepreneur — founder of the Chanel brand — who liberated women from the corset, introduced the little black dress, created Chanel No. 5, and built one of the world's most valuable luxury brands from a milliner's hat shop.
Redefines women's fashion from constraint to liberation — Chanel's replacement of corsets and excessive ornamentation with comfortable, functional, elegant clothing (jersey fabrics, flat shoes, simple lines) was a genuine revolution in how women dressed and therefore moved through the world.
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