Coco Chanel By samanthawhitham 1883 Coco Chanel was born 1905 She adopted the name Coco and her job was to sing in a cafe 1910 She created her first store in Paris 1920 She became a top fashion designer in Paris. 1922 Chanel introduced her perfume Period: 1939 to 1964 She lived in the Ritz Hotel in Paris 1954 Her clothes did badly 1971 She died