1913 opens her first fashion boutique in Deauville
1915 Opens a couture house in Biarritz
1916 Introduces jersey. Her first published design appears in
Harper's Bazaar accompanied by the caption ‘the charming chemise’
1924 The Chanel Perfume company is set up
1926 Introduces ‘the little black dress’
1934 Sets up a specialist workshop to develop her range of elaborate costune jewelry
1935 Channel is at the height of her successes, employing nearly 4000 workers and selling close to 28000 designs a year all over the world
1939 Outbreak of the Second World War and closure of the Chanel Couture House of the five buildings in the rue.Cambon, only one stays open.
1954 The great ‘comeback’. Chanel returns to open31, rue Cambon at the age of seventy-one. She launches her collection with a jersey suit ‘No.5’.
1955 Awarded the Fashion Oscar to honour ‘ the most influential femaile
designer of the twentieth century’
1971 Chanel dies 10January
1975 Launch of the Chanel Beauty Collection of make-up and beayty product
1978 Mass launch of the ‘Chanel Boutique’, offering ready-to-wear clothes and accessories.
1983 Karl Largerfeld becomes Design Consultant in charge of Collections at the House of Chanel.
1986 Chanel receives the De d’Or for the 1986 Autumn/Winter Haute Couture Collection created by Karl Largerfeld
1988 Karl Largerfeld and the House of Chanel win the Special Award for International Fashion presented by the Council of Fashion Designers of America(CFDA)
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