History of Chanel Runway, Fragrance, and Bags

View Gallery 35 Slides Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Coco Chanel and her aunt in front of Chanel's first boutique. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below A white mousseline dress by Chanel in BAZAAR.

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1913

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Coco Chanel and her aunt in front of Chanel's first boutique.

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1925

Photograph, Vintage clothing, Standing, Dress, Snapshot, Fashion, Retro style, Gown, Photography, Headgear, pinterestBaron Adolph De Meyer, Harper's Bazaar, April 1925

A white mousseline dress by Chanel in BAZAAR.

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1930

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At home on the French Riviera.

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1936

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Chanel photographed wearing her signature strands of pearls.

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1955

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Marilyn Monroe dabs on Chanel No. 5 for a photo shoot.

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1960

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Chanel, carrying her 2.55 bag, attends the theater in Paris.

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1960s

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Chanel fitting actress Romy Schneider in her atelier.

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1960s

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A model wears a classic Chanel suit.

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1967

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Jacqueline Kennedy in Chanel.

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1969

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Katharine Hepburn as Chanel in Coco on Broadway.

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1970

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Chanel the year before her death.

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1983

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Karl Lagerfeld in his first year as designer for the house.

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1984

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Inès de la Fressange, exclusive house model to Chanel, posing in Chanel's apartment.

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1986

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Jerry Hall in Chanel Haute Couture.

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1992

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Naomi Campbell in the Spring 1992 couture show.

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1993

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Claudia Schiffer in Chanel.

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2001

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Stella Tennant in Chanel's Spring 2002 show.

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2003

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Jean-Paul Goude's portrait of Lagerfeld with Linda Evangelista, the "bride" in his Fall 2003 couture show, in BAZAAR.

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2007

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Amanda Harlech and Lagerfeld at Monaco's Rose Ball.

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2007

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Marge Simpson "models" Chanel couture in BAZAAR.

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