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The history of Coco Chanel has been recently reinvigourated by the film, Coco Avant Chanel. Chanel started life in a small peasant village - her parents were illiterate, and actually recorded her name as ‘Chasnel’ because they did not know how to spell it, causing chaos for biographers far into the future; not helped by the fact that Chanel herself was keen to disguise her roots. She brought and altered mens fashion into her own lines of clothing, creating distinctive naval striped sweaters and elegant suits, however her passion was originally in hats. She mocked those with more ornate tastes when she was younger, and favoured simpler designes which took off in pre-war France, being worn by actresses and giving her the break she needed. One mockery of ornate couture she is remembered for is an outburst of ‘With that on their head, how can they think?!’”
The film won was nominated for (thanks to Hummeline @ tumblr for noticing this) for the academy award for Best Costume in 2009, thanks to the work of Catherine Letterier.
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