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At the age of 31 Gabrielle's mother dies, Coco was 12 at the time of her death.
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She was sent to a Catholic orphanage because you father was unable to care for his children after her mother died. The orphange only allowed you to stay there until you were 13.
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After she was evicted fromt the orphanage, she was forced to find a job to provide for herself.
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Coco begins making straw hats, but putting a chic twist on them.
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Etienne Balsan was able tow in the heart of Coco, he was a very flirtatious man and was kown to have many girls at the same time. Within three weeks of dating they moved in together.
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While living with Balsan, she met a rich steel tycoon named Boy Capel, and soon fell in love with him. Boy saw the businesswoman in Coco and encouraged her to open her own shop selling straw hats made with style, quality, and simplicity.
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Coco breaks up with Etienna after she meets Boy Capel
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Boy wanted to venture into the hat business with Coco, her making the hats and him covering all expenses.
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Coco opens her first shop with Boy Capel making hats
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She was bored just making hats and wanted to revolutionize the fashion industry.
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Coco opens a clothing boutique with her cousin Adrian in Deauville.
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With WWI becoming intense Gabrielle felt that it was an unneccessary time to be making clothing in time of such despair, and Boy was fighting in the war causing her great stress.
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Coco finally developed her own perfume called "Chanel #5" by mid-1920
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Killed instantly, Boy Capel was killed in a tragic car accident, breaking Chanel's heart.
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After her love Boy Capel died, she wanted to make a mourning garment. This is when she came up with "Little Black Dress"
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Now not only selling her works in Paris, they were to sold around world to millions of women.
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Coco was rising to fame, so inevitability she was to win some fashion award for her hard work.
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Coco created the "COCO" musical which later became a book
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At the age of 87 she died from a heart attack and old age at the Ritz Hotel.
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Karl Legerfeld became the new manager at the House of Chanel.
