How Coco Chanel changed the course of women’s fashion – 9Style

(CNN) Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel was one of the 20th century’s most influential couturiers. A milliner by training, she moved beyond hats to become a rebel and a trailblazer of the fashion world, creating a new sartorial style that freed women from corsets and lace frills by offering them sailor shirts and wide-leg pants instead.
Portrait of Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel (1883-1971) posing in her suite at the Hotel Pierre during her first visit to New York City. She wears a white silk jacket and pants with…

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