The copy cat
Everyone knows the trademark Chanel logo...
During my research, I stumbled across a story about an affair Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel had with the Duke of Westminster. Without giving it too much thought, except for gossipy interest, i totally forgot all about it. This was till I was wandering around Westminster Abbey and Big Ben, and found a lamppost with something very very familiar.
She had almost married one of the richest men in Europe, the Duke of Westminster; when she didn't, her explanation was, "There have been several Duchesses of Westminster. There is only one Chanel." - Time magazine archive, June 08 1998
The English influence is also where her love of tweeds come's from. Seen below with friend, very forward thinking for the late 1920's in England.
posted by Absinth at
5:01:00 PM
2 Comments:
does she celebrate by raising hand and saying 'gimme no.5" ? :D
8:42 AM
no she sang gimme that gimme that gimme gimme gimmme that...and turned in her lil tweed skirt
9:01 AM
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