coco Chanel

Chanel's founder is Gabreielle coco chanel ,who was born on August 19th ,1883,in a hospital for the poor in a Frenchbuy Inflatable Games village.when she was 12,her mother died and her father ,who was a traveling wine peddler,left her and her sister in a convent and disappeared forever.
At 18,she left the convent and got work in a tailoring shop ,but she aspired to be a music hall performer and tried singing for a while .Her nickname "coco",name from a song she sang at this time .Etienne Balsan ,a sportsman and horse breeder noticed the young ''coco''and she became his mistress at the age of 25.
The young coco made and wore very attractive hats far from the huge decorated hats worn by other women.These were small and chic and women admired them and asked for copies.so in 1908,Chanel began selling these simply decorated hats from Balsan's ground floor Paris apartment.