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  2. Chanel - Wikipedia

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    The Chanel dress shop at 31 rue Cambon presented day-wear dress-and-coat ensembles of simple design, and black evening dresses trimmed with lace; and tulle-fabric dresses decorated with jet, a minor gemstone material. [4] Illustration of three women in Chanel day outfits consisting of belted tunic jackets and full jersey skirts, 1917

  3. Coco Chanel - Wikipedia

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    Chanel's timeless little black dress modelled, 2011. After the jersey suit, the concept of the little black dress is often cited as a Chanel contribution to the fashion lexicon, a style still worn to this day. In 1912–1913, the actress Suzanne Orlandi was one of the first women to wear a Chanel little black dress, in velvet with a white ...

  4. Chanel 2.55 - Wikipedia

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    Chanel released an exact copy of the original 2.55 in February 2005 in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the creation of the original. Though the name "Reissue 2.55" should apply only to those commemorative handbags it is now commonly used as a name for all the handbags resembling the original 2.55.

  5. Isidwaba - Wikipedia

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    The hide's black colour is achieved by applying a mixture of oil and wood ashes / charcoal. [5] Added to this, fat is rubbed onto isidwaba as the skirt must never be washed. Fat protects it against water. To wash the skirt is equalled to washing away the woman's ancestors and thus her protection from her husband's homestead. Like the isidwaba ...

  6. Little black dress - Wikipedia

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    Like the Model T, the little black dress was simple and accessible for women of all social classes. Vogue also said that the LBD would become "a sort of uniform for all women of taste". [6] This, as well as other designs by the house of Chanel helped disassociate black from mourning, and reinvent it as the uniform of the high-class, wealthy ...

  7. Chanel Iman - Wikipedia

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    Chanel Iman Robinson (formerly Shepard; born December 1, 1990) is an American model [4] who has worked as a Victoria's Secret Angel. Vogue Paris declared her as one of the top 30 models of the 2000s. [ 5 ]

  8. Chanel No. 5 - Wikipedia

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    Chanel's friend Misia Sert exclaimed: "It was like a winning lottery ticket." [3]: 29 Parfums Chanel was the corporate entity established in 1924 to run the production, marketing, and distribution of the fragrance business. Chanel wanted to spread the sale of Chanel No. 5 from beyond her boutiques to the rest of the world.

  9. Pink Chanel suit of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy - Wikipedia

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    Chanel Haute Couture jacket, F/W 1961. Kennedy's suit was a line-to-line copy made by Chez Ninon in New York based on the original design. This is an original haute couture jacket in the same raspberry pink but with black silk trim made by Coco Chanel in Paris. Adnan Ege Kutay Collection.