Style Icon · 1920s
Coco Chanel
Designer Coco Chanel freed women from heavy, fussy clothing with simple, comfortable elegance. She popularized jersey fabric, the little black dress, and costume pearls worn in long strands. Her relaxed, modern style still shapes fashion today.
Did You Know
Chanel introduced her famous No. 5 perfume in 1921, and it remains one of the best selling fragrances in the world.
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