Just a few reasons why I adore Coco Chanel

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So today I'm going to talk about the fabulous Coco Chanel. Why? Because she rules! Not convinced? Let me elaborate further.
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel is one person I have loved even before I started loving fashion. And it's not because my mom brought home a bottle of the iconic Chanel N°5 approximately five years ago (I didn't like it that much.)
Most people think she's all about fashion, but I think that's not true, because she's so much more than that.
She is the only person from the field of Fashion to appear on the TIME 100 Persons of the Century list.

And all you women out there, get this: Coco Chanel is the woman who first wore pants & made it normal for women to do so. 80 years ago, pants were reserved for men only. But Chanel decided that women should enjoy the same freedom as men. "I gave women a sense of freedom," she once said. "I gave them back their bodies: bodies that were drenched in sweat, due to fashion's finery, lace, corsets, underclothes, padding." She decided that there was no comfortable way to ride a horse while wearing a long skirt, she literally took the pants off a male rider and made them her own. And so she's also a feminist icon. Thanks, Coco.
We also have her to thank for costume/junk jewellery. Yep, she pioneered jewellery made of plastic, beads & glass as early as the 1930s. Her reasoning was that if women could buy jewelry that was more affordable than real gemstones, they could properly accessorize every outfit they had, rather than sticking with a few simple pieces.
The Little Black Dress aka LBD. She made this possible too. Do I really have to explain this?
And last but definitely not the least, elegance. Sure, elegance existed before her. But nobody did more to define it. "Simplicity is the keynote of all elegance," she said. Well said, I say.
And I'm sad to say I don't even know her that well. If I actually watch the biopic & read a few books, I'm sure I'll find even more reasons to love this grand dame of fashion.
I rest my case.

XOXO,