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Gabriel « Coco » Chanel is one of the most iconic, revered, and well-known French fashion designers of all time. A true modernist with her trademark Chanel suits, Chanel 2.55 bag, Chanel No.5 perfume, the first synthetic perfume, costume jewelry, tweed jackets, and Little Black Dresses, Gabriel Chanel created timeless designs. With an ability to read the times and the moods, Coco’s designs revolutionized women’s fashion and inspired women to abandon the corsets and other uncomfortable and restrictive clothes of the 19th century. Following Coco’s death in 1971, her assistants designed the ready-to-wear and haute-couture lines until Karl Lagerfeld took the reins at Chanel in 1983, lifting the company back to permanence by continuously mine inspiration in the brand’s archives.