The fashion lessons left Coco Chanel, when 138 years of birth

The fashion lessons left Coco Chanel, when 138 years of birth

A talented, revolutionary, creative woman, with an unusual personality, so elegant that he still takes our breath and, above all, visionary, who left his mark on the fashion world and laid the foundations of the style with severalmilestones and trends that, more alive and current than ever, we remember on the occasion of his birthday.

The 'icons' of Coco Chanel

1.Your mythical perfume No. 5.The designer overcame the death of one of her lovers turning to the creation of her own perfume that, becoming one of the great milestones of her career and worshiped by celebrities like Marilyn Monroe (it was the only thing she got to sleep) continues to be oneof the best selling around the world.

two.Less is more.He changed the concept of elegance forever and showed that sophistication and class were not at odds with comfort and simplicity.He banished the use of corset and, as the designer herself confessed, "I have gotten into this trade to make a fashion what I did not like.I have used my talent as an explosive ".

3.The black color.The French caused her to stop associating black with mourning or night and turned this color into one of her hallmarks and the emblem of elegance, class and sophistication, revolutionizing the chromatic pallets of the 30s,where the color and excess prevailed.

4.There is no more elegant and effective combination than black and white.A perfect alliance that survives generation after generation and that, irremediably, we associate the great designer who used to confess that "black goes with everything and white too.They are colors of absolute beauty and their harmony is perfect ".Amen.

Las lecciones de moda que dejó Coco Chanel, cuando se cumplen 138 años de su nacimiento

5.Pearls as an indispensable complement to any woman.Impossible to think of Mademoiselle Chanel and not visualize it with its inseparable pearl necklace, one of its talismans throughout its career.Despite being passionate about the jewelry in any woman, she was always faithful to this complement without which, as she used to secure, she felt naked.

6.The tweed suit.One of his most memorable contributions to the fashion world and one of his great hallmarks.Mademoiselle Coco revolutionized the concept of fashion with a set that, without giving up femininity and elegance, bet on comfort and movement and included the tweed, a material reserved until that moment for male garments for the male garments.

7.Bicolor dancers."A woman with good shoes is never ugly" used to affirm the designer, who turned flat shoes into a cream -to -pointera in one of her great classics.The reason for the toe to be black?To shorten the foot

8.His mythical padded bag.One of the most desired and coveted accessories 50 years after the death of the French and a real icon that every fashionist who boasts has in his dressing room and keeps 'gold in cloth'. Coco creó su famoso two.55 In February 1955, achieving a milestone by including in an elegant padded bag a sliding chain that allowed women freedom of movements.

9.The sailor stripes.His is the merit that today we all have stripe t -shirts in our closet, since until he popularized it was a garment that was associated with sailors, everything but glamorous.Gabrielle reinvented this type of shirt and made it a Chic icon of the French Riviera.Thanks Coco!

10.And, of course, the 'Little Black Dress' or 'Petite Robe Noire'. Es decir, el vestido corto negro, que Coco Chanel creó en 19two6 y que tan versátil como favorecedor, es una de las prendas que no pueden faltar en ningún vestidor porque nos salvan de cualquier imprevisto, siendo perfecto para cualquier tipo de ocasión y un fondo de armario imprescindible.

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