The History of Coco Chanel started out in a poor household with her mother, who didn’t have much money, but had a street vendor job.  Coco Chanel’s father left Coco Chanel, her two sisters and two brothers after their mother died. Chanel  was only twelve when she had to know her responsibilities as a  very young adult. According to biography.com, after being on her own, “Around the age of 20, Chanel became involved with Etienne Balsan, who offered to help her start a millinery business in Paris.”  Coco Chanel started out with a small business in 1910 in Paris. She started selling hats in the beginning. “ She later added stores in Deauville and Biarritz and began making clothes.”  

Coco Chanel started making dresses that she would wear.  People would ask where she got it from and she would offer to make a dress for them. This helped her attract more business and started new fashion. After making special orders for people, she started to design costumes for ballets and plays. In the 1920s, Chanel took a new change in her business and launched her first and most famous Chanel No.5, which was her first designer labeled product. “In 1925, Chanel introduced the now legendary Chanel suit with collarless jacket and well-fitted skirt. Her designs were revolutionary for the time—borrowing elements of men’s wear and emphasizing comfort over the constraints of then-popular fashions.”  

Chanel changed women’s fashion in the 1920’s by saying a farewell to tight corsets and undergarments, which were not very comfortable. Chanel came up with the famous design of the little black dress which was famously worn later by Audrey Hepburn. The iconic little black dress is described as chic and perfect for evening wear with a strand of pearls. Coco Chanel changed fashion history with a bottle of Chanel No.5 and the iconic little black dress which will always be an elegant style that never goes out of style. Karl Lagerfeld  says “One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.”