this is my first post in this forum, and i am working on my research paper today and the topic is Coco Chanel, i wonder would anyone gimme some advice of my paper?
P.S.: i am an international student who is studying in MA and my english is not very well.
Coco Chanel
by pandayu
Chanel, which represents feminine freedom, also means female fashion and perfume, emancipation and casual feminine allure. Chanel’s design is a success; it is a revolution in the fashion generation. It was founded by Coco Chanel. The “French designer, creator of the little black dress, can also take the credit for popularizing slacks, tailors suits, and short hair style in women’s fashion”(http://artandculture.com/cgi-bin/Webobjects/ACLive.woa/wa/artist?id=356). As time goes by, her design has never faded away; in fact, it has evolved from generation to generation.
Coco, Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel was born on August 19, 1883 and died on January 10, 1971. She was born in Saumur, Southern France and decided to open her first boutique – Chanel on 1913 in Paris. Coco was not born in a good family, her father disappeared while she was five and her mother died when she was only 6. And therefore, she and her sister grow up in orphanage. In Madsen’s CHANEL A Woman of Her Own, “Coco and her sister went on the first class train to Paris… with her practically penniless purse and never ever returned to orphanage again”(18).
At the beginning of 20th century, women’s clothes were fussy and over decorated; these dresses were usually with very long train attached to the bodice. Besides, women always wore some big deeper sitting hats and very costly jewelry whole day outside.
Chanel’s first ambition was to be a singer, Coco – is she used to introduce herself to customer in the bars. Afterward, she met her boyfriend and get her rid of singer career, and help her to set up her first boutique in Paris on 1913. Coco truly believed that women should move much more freely and she also claimed that jewelry insurance is too expensive to afford. Therefore, her fashion revolution is begun, CHANEL the couturier at work stated “her fake jewelry was made by amethysts, topaz and aquamarine. There were cut flat and set in silver and gold metal” (De La Haye 53). She also bought freedom to all the women; according to the website of Woman History, “her mannish clothes, and adopted these more comfortable fashions which other women also find liberating” (http://womenhistory.about.com/library/qu/blquchan.htm?terms=chanel). Of course, there was lots of Chanel copied products existed during those period, and which sold in very cheap prices; Coco was flattered that her style was popular and widely copied.
During the Great Depression, lots of orders for luxury clothing had been cancelled. And Chanel is involved also, but Chanel’s designs still attracted lots of celebrities, which kept her designs famous. Thus, website of About addresses, “Chanel no. 5 – the most profitable product of Chanel boutiques” (http://womenhistory.about.com/library/qu/blquchan.htm?terms=chanel). This is the first perfume that all brand names boutiques ever released. And nowadays people still admire this perfume a lot and even claim Chanel no.5 is the most classical and remarkable perfume in the 20th century.
In the War World II, according to De la Hayes’s CHANEL the couturier at work, “Chanel decided to close all her boutiques; she stated that was no time for fashion, but she was still selling her perfumes” (83). When Paris was liberated in 1944 she went to Switzerland and did not return for another ten years. Another significant fashion designer – Christian Dior, was revealed in the “New Look” designs to the world.
Men imposed how women should dress by 1950s; Chanel decided to work again to against the “New Look”. Bond’s 20th Century Fashion mentions “she strongly ridiculing the current styles of the time with their boned bodices and tight waists as retrograde and unsuited to the modern world” (157). She even stated that men dressed women badly because they scorn them. The more Dior’s star gained ascendancy, the more Chanel’s sank into obscurity, and Coco understood that. On 1953, she finally decided to work again, and all her boutiques were re-opened next year. However, most media was icy comment about Chanel’s returned; some even criticized that “she had learnt nothing in these fifteen years” from CHANEL and her world (Charles-Roux 232). Her designs were blamed once again repeated what she had done in the 30s. Moreover, her age had been criticized and her ability had been doubted also.
Notwithstanding her designs did not fascinate by most Europeans, her designs caught Americans’ attentions and caught Europeans attentions again as well. Bond’s 20th Century Fashion states “American women were voting in vast numbers for the clothes of a designer whom a knowingly publicly was calling “Coco”” (233). Most of her celebrities’ clients like: Diane Vreeland, Grace Kelly, and Elizabeth Taylor, whom had dressed in Chanel by 30s, had dressed in Chanel again by 50s. Therefore, Chanel once more undisputed leader of fashion. Chanel continued to work with fashion right up until her death on January 10, 1977.
In conclusion, Chanel, who gave the world a new definition of fashion for women, was one of the leaders in fashion and will continue to dominate fashion in the future. Her fashion legend and their effects will and must go on in the future. No matter how the media criticized her designs, no matter how old she was, she still tried her best. No doubt, the most influential designer of the 20th century is Coco Chanel.
P.S.: i am an international student who is studying in MA and my english is not very well.
Coco Chanel
by pandayu
Chanel, which represents feminine freedom, also means female fashion and perfume, emancipation and casual feminine allure. Chanel’s design is a success; it is a revolution in the fashion generation. It was founded by Coco Chanel. The “French designer, creator of the little black dress, can also take the credit for popularizing slacks, tailors suits, and short hair style in women’s fashion”(http://artandculture.com/cgi-bin/Webobjects/ACLive.woa/wa/artist?id=356). As time goes by, her design has never faded away; in fact, it has evolved from generation to generation.
Coco, Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel was born on August 19, 1883 and died on January 10, 1971. She was born in Saumur, Southern France and decided to open her first boutique – Chanel on 1913 in Paris. Coco was not born in a good family, her father disappeared while she was five and her mother died when she was only 6. And therefore, she and her sister grow up in orphanage. In Madsen’s CHANEL A Woman of Her Own, “Coco and her sister went on the first class train to Paris… with her practically penniless purse and never ever returned to orphanage again”(18).
At the beginning of 20th century, women’s clothes were fussy and over decorated; these dresses were usually with very long train attached to the bodice. Besides, women always wore some big deeper sitting hats and very costly jewelry whole day outside.
Chanel’s first ambition was to be a singer, Coco – is she used to introduce herself to customer in the bars. Afterward, she met her boyfriend and get her rid of singer career, and help her to set up her first boutique in Paris on 1913. Coco truly believed that women should move much more freely and she also claimed that jewelry insurance is too expensive to afford. Therefore, her fashion revolution is begun, CHANEL the couturier at work stated “her fake jewelry was made by amethysts, topaz and aquamarine. There were cut flat and set in silver and gold metal” (De La Haye 53). She also bought freedom to all the women; according to the website of Woman History, “her mannish clothes, and adopted these more comfortable fashions which other women also find liberating” (http://womenhistory.about.com/library/qu/blquchan.htm?terms=chanel). Of course, there was lots of Chanel copied products existed during those period, and which sold in very cheap prices; Coco was flattered that her style was popular and widely copied.
During the Great Depression, lots of orders for luxury clothing had been cancelled. And Chanel is involved also, but Chanel’s designs still attracted lots of celebrities, which kept her designs famous. Thus, website of About addresses, “Chanel no. 5 – the most profitable product of Chanel boutiques” (http://womenhistory.about.com/library/qu/blquchan.htm?terms=chanel). This is the first perfume that all brand names boutiques ever released. And nowadays people still admire this perfume a lot and even claim Chanel no.5 is the most classical and remarkable perfume in the 20th century.
In the War World II, according to De la Hayes’s CHANEL the couturier at work, “Chanel decided to close all her boutiques; she stated that was no time for fashion, but she was still selling her perfumes” (83). When Paris was liberated in 1944 she went to Switzerland and did not return for another ten years. Another significant fashion designer – Christian Dior, was revealed in the “New Look” designs to the world.
Men imposed how women should dress by 1950s; Chanel decided to work again to against the “New Look”. Bond’s 20th Century Fashion mentions “she strongly ridiculing the current styles of the time with their boned bodices and tight waists as retrograde and unsuited to the modern world” (157). She even stated that men dressed women badly because they scorn them. The more Dior’s star gained ascendancy, the more Chanel’s sank into obscurity, and Coco understood that. On 1953, she finally decided to work again, and all her boutiques were re-opened next year. However, most media was icy comment about Chanel’s returned; some even criticized that “she had learnt nothing in these fifteen years” from CHANEL and her world (Charles-Roux 232). Her designs were blamed once again repeated what she had done in the 30s. Moreover, her age had been criticized and her ability had been doubted also.
Notwithstanding her designs did not fascinate by most Europeans, her designs caught Americans’ attentions and caught Europeans attentions again as well. Bond’s 20th Century Fashion states “American women were voting in vast numbers for the clothes of a designer whom a knowingly publicly was calling “Coco”” (233). Most of her celebrities’ clients like: Diane Vreeland, Grace Kelly, and Elizabeth Taylor, whom had dressed in Chanel by 30s, had dressed in Chanel again by 50s. Therefore, Chanel once more undisputed leader of fashion. Chanel continued to work with fashion right up until her death on January 10, 1977.
In conclusion, Chanel, who gave the world a new definition of fashion for women, was one of the leaders in fashion and will continue to dominate fashion in the future. Her fashion legend and their effects will and must go on in the future. No matter how the media criticized her designs, no matter how old she was, she still tried her best. No doubt, the most influential designer of the 20th century is Coco Chanel.
