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Born in Saumur, France
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Left in an orphanage at the age of 12 with 2 sisters and 2 brothers
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Taught how to sew by a nun at the orphanage and later applies her skills to work at a local tailor.
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Sings at a cabaret called La Rotonde to make a living under the name of "Coco".
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After years designing and selling hats for her wealthy friends, opens a hat shop called "Chanel Modes" with the help of her boyfriend.
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Opens a boutique in Deauville, France, and introduces casual clothes.
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After years opening new boutiques and heartbroken due to the death in a car accident of her boyfriend, Coco creates a fragance.
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Introduces her first makeup line and the iconic Chanel suit.
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Reaches her prime with 4 different business - a fashion house, a textile business, perfume laboratories and makeup factories.
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Becomes a habitual drug used and consumes morphine daily.
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The outbreak of WWII leads to the closure of much of her bysubess and she moves to Germany, where she is said to be a Nazi Spy.
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At the age of 71, reopens some of her shops, but receives much criticism because she might have been a Nazi spy.
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Reintroduces her classic looks and gets many American buyers.
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Dies at the age of 88 in her hotel room at The Ritz in Paris