Forgive me if I mispronounce any French words. This week is just a short video, we will go back to our deep dives next week. Thanks for watching. If you have any requests on topics you would like us to cover, please let us know.
I must admit that I'm more than a little curious about Coco Chanel's black and white home - or at least that description has been put out there for public consumption. Surely there's at least a little mini-story there somewhere.
She was a survivor. Strong and alone a woman among strong men in a man's world. Ms. Chanel did it her way and lived a life as good or better than anyone else in her shoes. Women then, just as now, do what they have to do, to get ahead. At the very least she was honorable with her fashion work and not an "onlyfans" influencer. I admire her will to live and to fight, not taking the suicidal way out, as too many famous people have done. Respect.
To say she was an opportunist, is outrageous! Think back, it’s the early 1900, she liberated women from corsets and showed the world that women can succeed at a time which was dominated by men. She was innovative, creative and successful and was very proud of it. Kudos to Mademoiselle Gabrielle Chanel!
She was an “opportunist” who worked with the Nazis, actively tried to steal the company from her partner, and had all of her Jewish workers arrested or fired
@MythicMindScape21 Well I think it would be an award winner if written, directed & and cast properly. I wish we could inspire someone, that can do this. I'll pray on it, God Bless!🙏😇
I see you Chanel the child, and acknowledge you. You are not forgotten ❤ I too am an orphan and my career has taken me in, I’m building a future for myself as well 🎉 inspiring story
she was a woman in a world that valued men, money and power....the only place for women were to deliver heirs....if the brood woman had the proper blood line that is....she worked hard, as far as I know she never stole from anyone, she never abused those in her employ, she adopted her nephew so he wouldn't have to grow up like her....she was taught a skill as a child, used it, tapped into her creative mind and had the guts to pursue that creativity and make a business...although she was what some would say cheated out of most of the rewards of her hard work....she did what she had to to survive....she was entitled to be loved and to love as much as anyone.....her choices were her own....if she slept with a nazi to help her adopted son get out of a hell hole of a prisoner of war camp....well......my question to any mother out there.....what would you do to save your child? easy to judge looking back.....whatever her motives were to survive during the war time, were hers....she will have paid for any decisions that hurt others, like we all will some day....
She closed her fashion house in retaliation against her (female) workers who, demanding better wages and working conditions, had participated in the 1938 strikes.
After Chanel had fed, supported and protected them from harm during the many war years, all they could do as she got back on her feet, was to go on strike. Such a lack of gratitude by her staff.
My beautiful mother loved Chanel No 5. It’s still sitting in its same spot. I open the lid and cry-I can close my eyes and see her and my childhood, teen years, and adult years come all at once-the best thing is, I close my eyes and smell and see my Mother. It’s a very special perfume to me, always will be. Her bottle will stay there for the rest of my life. I get my own of course, but she used hers so sparingly, it’s the “vintage” Chanel No 5, before they changed it a little.
The woman was complex and brilliant-not perfect. How to separate the creative from the moral degenerate? To this day #No5 is 🥇This was very fulfilling biopic. 👍🏽
@@anneburland5306 Yes, as you should. I’m familiar enough with her to say she was unique in style but not in human nature! Her affection for tyrant Hitler was dubious but her political leanings were no secret. Was she a spy for Hitler? Who knows. Josephine Baker was one for France, for liberty!
I did know that piece as my mother had a few suits and all I ever wanted was a handbag..(currently I have a pair of flats, that I purchased @ a consignment store in Miami). I do find it interesting she never owned her label outright. I am sure the gentlman that had the controlling piece, knew she was anti-semitic and just never allowed her back in...
@@reidx512Who knows, possibly the way he treated her and the terms to which she had to agree contributed to her anti-semitism. A deeper dive needed here.
if I understand it right the man who backed her business made sure he would profit very well if she made a success....she was desperate for the backing....
She was utterly selfmade- the affair with Boy Capel and ending in her affair with the 2nd Duke of Westminster which saved her ultimately through Churchill after WW2
This mini-bio of the complex Chanel is so superbly produced and keenly unique that I’ve Subscribed to this channel and will watch every video they create. Beautifully, dignified, revelatory.
I admire her for getting out of the poverty she got out. I mean she really believed in her success. Yes, I know that she had affairs. I just like her determination to succeed.
Somehow woman like her survive this world, and what it threw at her to use, to survive.WW2 is more than 80 years in the past, CC (the brand) is stronger than ever.
I don't like Gabrielle Chanel as a person. Among other things, while her great rival (and much more creative and interesting designer) Schiaparelli worked for the Red Cross during WWII, Chanel slept with Nazis. I also don't like liars, and Chanel lied so much about her origins that I don't believe anything she said about anything else. About her fashions: I quite like her pre-war designs. However I could never explain to myself the popularity of her signature post-war suits. Blocky, shapeless waist-erasing frumpy things cut from unattractive lumpy tweeds; they make the sveltest woman look 20 pounds heavier. I'm old enough to remember when these suits became widely available, and I hated them even as a grade-school child. I hate the quilted purses with chain straps too. So no, I'm not a Chanel fan either regarding the person or the designs.
I, on the other. hand, loved her suits. I think the design was so popular because it looked good on most women. I did not care for the purses, but that design too passed the test of time. Classic, understated and she got women out of corsets and introduced the idea of comfort for women's clothing - way ahead of her time.
It's a fair point and information did come out regarding the possibility of that a few years back, but the time in the videos is limited. But thank you for pointing it out. Sometimes it is hard to know what to leave out and what to put in, but the point you make is an important one.
So many heartbreaking stories of how poor people were those times. Chanal had determination and her own unique style. What would you do if the communists or radical muslims took over your country in a war. Maybe her connection with the german in Geneva (Switzerland ) kept her safe and alive!!
I was thinking the same. She was trying to save her nephew. It's easy to say now 'how could anyone collaborate with the germans'. But back then everyone was trying to survive how they could
Forgive me but I think she's been worshipped far beyond her real merits. She copied a lot, she gets credit for ideas that were even hers, and whole heartedly sided with the Germans. No simpathy for this woman.
Probably the best thing she did was send her nephew to school. Because she had no maternal tendency and that's not her fault, she was abandoned and she did many of the things she did for survival right or wrong. Sad thing she was kind of constantly reminded by the men she hooked up with that she was okay to have a good time with, but not good enough by their standards for marriage. That is painful, like she's abandoned over and over again by men. Was very interesting.
Your video is somewhat well made, better than many that were poorly done. As I read through the comments, it is so pathetic that your audience claims to know Gabriella so well, and yet, even with the help of your video, they know her not at all. As for me, I miss my Great, Great Aunt very much.
I honestly wish I could make a longer video and do her story justice, sadly I am a small channel just starting. And making a 60-minute video that tells all aspects of her life and gets into the details that I would like to touch on is not feasible, as people will not tune in for that length of time, and TH-cam will not share it. No one is more disappointed with the things I leave out than I am. I can assure you, when my channel grows, I will return to this video and create the real biography I want to make on her, and give her the story she deserves. If there is anything you would like to include or stories you would like to tell please contact me, and I will include it. And I will make that video when I have enough subscribers to justify such a long video. Thank you for your comment 🧡
@@MythicMindScape21 There is a good amount of information on Chanel in Anne deCourcey's book "Chanel's Riviera". It's an interesting and well-balanced look at Chanel's life.
That’s not true that she only had 10% ownership. She had slightly less of a percentage than the Wortheimer 😢family. They put her in business, and when the war came, she ratted out Wortheimer, as a Jew, to get controlling interest away from him. She was very rich, and her worth wouldn’t have been possible without Wortheimer.
Can you clarify, I said she had 10 percent ownership at the time of the war, and she fought with Wertheimer to get control, and ultimately lost, and in the end had a very small percentage. What do you disagree with, from the video? I'd appreciate your knowledge and clarification if you see some error. Thanks
Coco Chanel is an icon her name still lives on in 2024 and that's fantastic I think she was an amazing and ballsy lady that suffered alot of heartache through life
@@wjglll340 Tell that to all the people that died, you can't sell out your country and sleep with the enemy and be called a hero just cause you designed clothes.
@@TheFinalBoss316 Perhaps she wasn't selling out her country but agreed with Hitlers politics. A lot of people did. At the end of the war, General Patton himself said we fought on the wrong side.
This was so nice and well done. The very best day of my life (at the time) was getting a handbag... oh, I was SO happy. Kinda mad @ the Nazi implications and more truth. Yet, I was kinda young and dumb, and I thought this was living. Oh how I was wrong...just wrong.....
:) I've also bought Chanel, she owned very little of the brand after the war anyway. Maybe less than 5 percent. BMW did a lot more to help the German cause than she did, they made aircraft engines and munitions, they used prisoners of war and concentration camp detainees in their factories. Thank you so much for the comment, and discussion.
For me she was a Woman who got everything but lacked the most Important and that is Jesus Christ . On the End you are alone missreable scared without hope where your Journey ends. So sad . You gain it all but what stays with you in the Grave ? And yes she was afraid. 😢
You never show Ines de la Fressange and Jerry Hall joining/hit against each other intentionally cheeks in that glorious fashion show (1985?). Cheeks? I don't mean the face ones...
I have nothing to say except may. Lord. God gave. M. E. R. C. Y . She went thru alots...in life. But she was a 👠♀️ of confidence and strength!! My sister Gloria. Branch loves Chanel no.5# I would love to try. Chance.l 🥳🥂 celebrate her in soooooomannnny wayz. She was an icon legendary in her own rights! Coco she was very ingenious l 🤔 think she personally had it goin on!!!! Rhonda. Prater. Merced. California. Her trade and fashionista masterpieces continued to give her successes!!!
It’s so easy to judge her. We weren’t there, not one of us can say for certain they know what happened when all there is for evidence is circumstantial at best. Some claim the evidence stacks up against her. But unless you were in that room and apart of what was going on, we don’t know. At times of war survival is paramount. I believe she did what she had to to protect her loved ones, her business and survive. You and I can’t say what we would have done given the same situation, but I can guess we would want survive. You might have welcomed a nazi to your bed if it meant you would survive and possibly help your loved ones. Evidence isn’t absolute proof. For gawd sakes nazis’s march down aMErickan streets today like they have the right to threaten the lives of American citizens. Where are the judges to stop what’s happening in the USA Today? Useless you walk a mile in someone’s shoes you are in no position to pass judgement. She came from a loveless childhood with only her sister and lovers to cling to, I have a great deal of admiration for her. ❤
You are right we do not know the absolute truth. And some information came out that she was working as a double agent. Your point is fair, that unless we know the truth, or have walked in the shoes of another person it is hard to pass judgement. In these videos we try and tell the story as fairly as possible and avoid the rumors or judgements on the people involved, but in such short videos it is hard say as much as we would like on the issue, so comments like yours are important.
Ignorant people in the comment section really be immortalising and edifying Chanel. If only they knew...💀 This didn't present a deep dive into her life, her career, and actions. In fact, this was presented in a more romanticised manner.
Sorry to disappoint you, this was not meant to be a deep analysis of her life. I think that has been covered and debated in hundreds of videos. Instead it was a brief look and a focus on her death. I do not believe I romanticised her life however. I merely cease to judge the people on my videos, I think the viewers can do that. I prefer to tell the story and let the facts speak rather than offering my own personal opinions.
Chanel had a wonderful history about the ww2 and her career is great, she is a beautiful and strong woman, not many women survive in the crazy world, she is a nazi simpatizer, fashion world appreciates her always
Her drug abuse was not mentioned! By 1935, Chanel had become a habitual drug user, injecting herself with morphine on a daily basis: a habit she maintained to the end of her life.
It's always possible she may have been a double agent and surviving at the same time, you did mention her nephew was a POW, , what would you have done,.,.,..,in another video it was said Winston Churchill came to her aid at the end of the war, ,, ,, seems interesting to say the least,.,...
It is very possible she was a double agent, however in France she was viewed as someone who betrayed the country. Maybe we will never know the truth, but it is still a good question.
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Forgive me if I mispronounce any French words. This week is just a short video, we will go back to our deep dives next week. Thanks for watching. If you have any requests on topics you would like us to cover, please let us know.
I must admit that I'm more than a little curious about Coco Chanel's black and white home - or at least that description has been put out there for public consumption. Surely there's at least a little mini-story there somewhere.
Let us come correct; alone does NOT mean lonely. It doesn’t.
Amen 🙏🏾
True.
She was lonely! You, may be but with all the bs think you’re not! 😂
who wants to die with anyone.
Well said!
She was a survivor. Strong and alone a woman among strong men in a man's world. Ms. Chanel did it her way and lived a life as good or better than anyone else in her shoes. Women then, just as now, do what they have to do, to get ahead. At the very least she was honorable with her fashion work and not an "onlyfans" influencer. I admire her will to live and to fight, not taking the suicidal way out, as too many famous people have done. Respect.
Yes she did it her way ! She sided with the Nazis.
Honourable?
Very insightful and well presented. I enjoy your story telling. Thank you!
Thank you so much for the comment, it means a lot to hear such nice words.
🙏 Under difficult situation of WWII ... Many had to do things they don't like just to survive! 🕯🌼🌿🌍✌💜🕊🇫🇷
She was an opportunist, who fought to stay alive because that is the only way for a poor child from an orphanage to survive.
To say she was an opportunist, is outrageous! Think back, it’s the early 1900, she liberated women from corsets and showed the world that women can succeed at a time which was dominated by men.
She was innovative, creative and successful and was very proud of it.
Kudos to Mademoiselle Gabrielle Chanel!
@@Nefertum1000she may have "survived" but her great gifts were hers alone which she brought forth out of the crucible of her being
😳 interesting way of analyzing her life 😮🙄
😂
She was an “opportunist” who worked with the Nazis, actively tried to steal the company from her partner, and had all of her Jewish workers arrested or fired
You have a very good narration voice, low and calming with perfect inflection. New favorite channel! Good work.
Thank you so much. Hope you will enjoy our next video on Friday.
A Very Strong Woman! Her story would make a Great movie. I Hope someone takes Her story to the Silver Screen! God Bless!😇🙏❤️
Me too. There have been a few versions of her on screen, but none tell her definitive story.
@MythicMindScape21 Well I think it would be an award winner if written, directed & and cast properly. I wish we could inspire someone, that can do this. I'll pray on it, God Bless!🙏😇
@@MythicMindScape21 CoCo Channel More Than Just A Name!
a genius, a true artist
Thank you! Your summation of her life and the wonderful images in 10 minutes is astounding!
Coco Chanel was a survivor.
Thank you so much for the comment. ❤
I see you Chanel the child, and acknowledge you. You are not forgotten ❤ I too am an orphan and my career has taken me in, I’m building a future for myself as well 🎉 inspiring story
Hope you achieve everything you wish for...Good Luck!!!
@@suzannejenkins3896 thank you very much 🙏🏾
Good luck . Stay strong 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Stay focused on your goals, may you find much success and kindness. I was once there too.
I wish you every success and happiness....let yourself love and be loved....you deserve it.
she was a woman in a world that valued men, money and power....the only place for women were to deliver heirs....if the brood woman had the proper blood line that is....she worked hard, as far as I know she never stole from anyone, she never abused those in her employ, she adopted her nephew so he wouldn't have to grow up like her....she was taught a skill as a child, used it, tapped into her creative mind and had the guts to pursue that creativity and make a business...although she was what some would say cheated out of most of the rewards of her hard work....she did what she had to to survive....she was entitled to be loved and to love as much as anyone.....her choices were her own....if she slept with a nazi to help her adopted son get out of a hell hole of a prisoner of war camp....well......my question to any mother out there.....what would you do to save your child? easy to judge looking back.....whatever her motives were to survive during the war time, were hers....she will have paid for any decisions that hurt others, like we all will some day....
I don't think spying was her reason for the friendship with a German but I can see how it would appear that way...
Exactly
I have simple tastes. I'm satisfied with only the best. --Coco Chanel
“We are born in another’s pain, and perish in our own.”
@QueenBee - That really is BEAUTIFUL!!!
Rags to riches. Amazing story
87 and sensing your life is almost over…..her Nazi alliance was confused by wanting to save her nephew. Handsome man
She closed her fashion house in retaliation against her (female) workers who, demanding better wages and working conditions, had participated in the 1938 strikes.
After Chanel had fed, supported and protected them from harm during the many war years, all they could do as she got back on her feet, was to go on strike. Such a lack of gratitude by her staff.
This was very informative. She's been such a famous name (even I knew who she was as a teen), but I didn't know much about her.
Don’t worry about your mispronunciation of the French words you did a great job
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A woman who did what she had to do! Especially in that era of time!
She certainly achieved a lot coming from nothing.
She was an opprtunist and tht's fine...I love her design so much
🕊🌎🕊🕊sharing🫂thankYOU for posting
Chanel #5 is my favorite perfume.
Me too
I Third that Emotion!! Love It!
My beautiful mother loved Chanel No 5. It’s still sitting in its same spot. I open the lid and cry-I can close my eyes and see her and my childhood, teen years, and adult years come all at once-the best thing is, I close my eyes and smell and see my Mother. It’s a very special perfume to me, always will be. Her bottle will stay there for the rest of my life. I get my own of course, but she used hers so sparingly, it’s the “vintage” Chanel No 5, before they changed it a little.
These videos are so well done. Fine production. Thank you.
Thanks again.
The woman was complex and brilliant-not perfect. How to separate the creative from the moral degenerate? To this day #No5 is 🥇This was very fulfilling biopic. 👍🏽
A moral degenerate? That seems awfully harsh. I would want to know a whole lot more about her life and her history before making such a statement.
@@anneburland5306 Yes, as you should. I’m familiar enough with her to say she was unique in style but not in human nature! Her affection for tyrant Hitler was dubious but her political leanings were no secret. Was she a spy for Hitler? Who knows. Josephine Baker was one for France, for liberty!
I love Chanel number five perfume❤
I take note of it but I don't judge. I can't do it because I don't know… All I know is that she was an exceptional seamstress and designer.
Her creative life seemed borne from both darkness and light which makes her, like many other true creatives - timeless and utterly unique. Love her 🎉
Life is vicious and cruel❤
Is amazing how famous someone can be or get and yet when you died you take nothing everything in life is borrow
Reminds me of a favorite song lyric “Life is just bets anyway” .
Great lady but a touched soul
I wear Chanel # 5 🥰
Ylang ylang tree
@@cocosurgerow English please
That is the name of the tree that that is used for some ingredients of Chanel 5. I have one in SW Florida.
@@acastrohowellshe can speak whatever language she chooses.
@@greeneyedsoutherngirl6468 you’re irrelevant 😵💫
She was a talented designer with a very interesting, if not somewhat tragic, life. Personally, I love her designs (but could never afford them)!❤
I didn't know she had such little ownership of the brand. How did that happen?
She did not have the money to finance the brand herself. So she needed backers.
Dont forget she came from a very poor background. She had those people investing in her, thus they had their shares
I did know that piece as my mother had a few suits and all I ever wanted was a handbag..(currently I have a pair of flats, that I purchased @ a consignment store in Miami). I do find it interesting she never owned her label outright. I am sure the gentlman that had the controlling piece, knew she was anti-semitic and just never allowed her back in...
@@reidx512Who knows, possibly the way he treated her and the terms to which she had to agree contributed to her anti-semitism. A deeper dive needed here.
if I understand it right the man who backed her business made sure he would profit very well if she made a success....she was desperate for the backing....
Gabrielle Chanel really was a narcissist in my opinion though. I don't worship her anymore.
She was utterly selfmade- the affair with Boy Capel and ending in her affair with the 2nd Duke of Westminster which saved her ultimately through Churchill after WW2
Whoever she was she made beautiful stuff that smelled good and beautiful stuff to wear and I love that perfume Coco Chanel p and she rest in peace
This mini-bio of the complex Chanel is so superbly produced and keenly unique that I’ve Subscribed to this channel and will watch every video they create. Beautifully, dignified, revelatory.
Thank you.
Coco Before Channel
I loved this movie! The music the story. The woman chosen is fantastic! Thank you!
I liked the move lot too. Really well done.
I admire her for getting out of the poverty she got out. I mean she really believed in her success. Yes, I know that she had affairs. I just like her determination to succeed.
She overcame very difficult odds and must have been incredibly strong and intellegent.
I don't think anyone can argue with that.
Somehow woman like her survive this world, and what it threw at her to use, to survive.WW2 is more than 80 years in the past, CC (the brand) is stronger than ever.
With thanks to the Wortheimer family who have carried the brand and given it longevity.
I don't like Gabrielle Chanel as a person. Among other things, while her great rival (and much more creative and interesting designer) Schiaparelli worked for the Red Cross during WWII, Chanel slept with Nazis. I also don't like liars, and Chanel lied so much about her origins that I don't believe anything she said about anything else.
About her fashions: I quite like her pre-war designs. However I could never explain to myself the popularity of her signature post-war suits. Blocky, shapeless waist-erasing frumpy things cut from unattractive lumpy tweeds; they make the sveltest woman look 20 pounds heavier. I'm old enough to remember when these suits became widely available, and I hated them even as a grade-school child. I hate the quilted purses with chain straps too.
So no, I'm not a Chanel fan either regarding the person or the designs.
Pas de comparaison ridicule et modeux
I, on the other. hand, loved her suits. I think the design was so popular because it looked good on most women. I did not care for the purses, but that design too passed the test of time. Classic, understated and she got women out of corsets and introduced the idea of comfort for women's clothing - way ahead of her time.
Why is it not mentioned that she possibly played a double role during the war, as she also worked with the French resistance?
It's a fair point and information did come out regarding the possibility of that a few years back, but the time in the videos is limited. But thank you for pointing it out. Sometimes it is hard to know what to leave out and what to put in, but the point you make is an important one.
When you have to exile to switzerland with the french police after you that means she was not a french patriot at all...
She had balls that’s for sure. I don’t agree with some of what she did, but I admire her chutzpah & gumption. And she was undoubtedly talented.
So many heartbreaking stories of how poor people were those times. Chanal had determination and her own unique style. What would you do if the communists or radical muslims took over your country in a war. Maybe her connection with the german in Geneva (Switzerland ) kept her safe and alive!!
I was thinking the same. She was trying to save her nephew. It's easy to say now 'how could anyone collaborate with the germans'. But back then everyone was trying to survive how they could
THIS
Absolutely well said!
Very interesting
She brought chic to fashion. 🧑🎨♾️🕺
Forgive me but I think she's been worshipped far beyond her real merits. She copied a lot, she gets credit for ideas that were even hers, and whole heartedly sided with the Germans. No simpathy for this woman.
I used to admire her,but, the more I learned of her I have changed my mind. Abhorrent at best.
I would enjoy seeing a full length video on the long, challenging and complicated life of Coco Chanel.
Very very intelligent woman.
Yes she was
she was an independent soul who made good use of her environment.....and became a success
She certainly did.
Thank you love your channel ❤
Thank you :)
Probably the best thing she did was send her nephew to school. Because she had no maternal tendency and that's not her fault, she was abandoned and she did many of the things she did for survival right or wrong. Sad thing she was kind of constantly reminded by the men she hooked up with that she was okay to have a good time with, but not good enough by their standards for marriage. That is painful, like she's abandoned over and over again by men. Was very interesting.
Fascinating story
the Life of Coco Chanel is one of escapism, albeit shallow, still interesting.
In 2024 who cares?!
But her creations in fashion are still here and her name is still on the list.
Thanks 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
It’s unfortunate that Coco who was only able to build her business with the money of a partner, ended up with a bad deal.
Your video is somewhat well made, better than many that were poorly done. As I read through the comments, it is so pathetic that your audience claims to know Gabriella so well, and yet, even with the help of your video, they know her not at all. As for me, I miss my Great, Great Aunt very much.
I honestly wish I could make a longer video and do her story justice, sadly I am a small channel just starting. And making a 60-minute video that tells all aspects of her life and gets into the details that I would like to touch on is not feasible, as people will not tune in for that length of time, and TH-cam will not share it. No one is more disappointed with the things I leave out than I am.
I can assure you, when my channel grows, I will return to this video and create the real biography I want to make on her, and give her the story she deserves. If there is anything you would like to include or stories you would like to tell please contact me, and I will include it. And I will make that video when I have enough subscribers to justify such a long video. Thank you for your comment 🧡
@@MythicMindScape21I would! Please make the longer video!
@@MythicMindScape21 There is a good amount of information on Chanel in Anne deCourcey's book "Chanel's Riviera". It's an interesting and well-balanced look at Chanel's life.
Chanel was not a supporter of her workers fight for better pay and conditions in the early days.
No she wasn't you are right.
That’s not true that she only had 10% ownership. She had slightly less of a percentage than the Wortheimer 😢family. They put her in business, and when the war came, she ratted out Wortheimer, as a Jew, to get controlling interest away from him. She was very rich, and her worth wouldn’t have been possible without Wortheimer.
Can you clarify, I said she had 10 percent ownership at the time of the war, and she fought with Wertheimer to get control, and ultimately lost, and in the end had a very small percentage. What do you disagree with, from the video? I'd appreciate your knowledge and clarification if you see some error. Thanks
Coco Chanel is an icon her name still lives on in 2024 and that's fantastic I think she was an amazing and ballsy lady that suffered alot of heartache through life
Thank you, I love Coco Chanel, and have few classics of hers. Hello from Australia, Cheers 🙏
By many testimonies, she was also a mean person. History tends to remember only her achievement in the fashion industry.
And again, just like Truman Capote, another broken person afected by a difficult childhood
Everyone has a difficult childhood they don't become Nazis. Quit feeling sorry for these people. They sold their souls.
Some things can't be forgiven, siding with the germans is how she should be remembered.
Thanks for the comment.
@@MythicMindScape21 Thanks for the vid 🧡🧡
Oh nonsense.
@@wjglll340 Tell that to all the people that died, you can't sell out your country and sleep with the enemy and be called a hero just cause you designed clothes.
@@TheFinalBoss316 Perhaps she wasn't selling out her country but agreed with Hitlers politics. A lot of people did.
At the end of the war, General Patton himself said we fought on the wrong side.
Because she came from poverty she became a hustler with a very questionable character!
All through her life it seemed that she learnt to survive one way or another
Iconic!!!💙
This was so nice and well done. The very best day of my life (at the time) was getting a handbag... oh, I was SO happy. Kinda mad @ the Nazi implications and more truth. Yet, I was kinda young and dumb, and I thought this was living. Oh how I was wrong...just wrong.....
:) I've also bought Chanel, she owned very little of the brand after the war anyway. Maybe less than 5 percent. BMW did a lot more to help the German cause than she did, they made aircraft engines and munitions, they used prisoners of war and concentration camp detainees in their factories. Thank you so much for the comment, and discussion.
For me she was a Woman who got everything but lacked the most Important and that is Jesus Christ . On the End you are alone missreable scared without hope where your Journey ends. So sad . You gain it all but what stays with you in the Grave ? And yes she was afraid. 😢
I Hope I never had to face half the shit she had, because I don't I will be able to handle it
What is RFI?
Radio France.
The jersey fabric she used was inspired by the German soldiers. They wore that.
ONLY 1 COCO ❤🎉
You never show Ines de la Fressange and Jerry Hall joining/hit against each other intentionally cheeks in that glorious fashion show (1985?). Cheeks? I don't mean the face ones...
Poor little rich girl
I have nothing to say except may. Lord. God gave. M. E. R. C. Y . She went thru alots...in life. But she was a 👠♀️ of confidence and strength!! My sister Gloria. Branch loves Chanel no.5#
I would love to try. Chance.l 🥳🥂 celebrate her in soooooomannnny wayz. She was an icon legendary in her own rights! Coco she was very ingenious l 🤔 think she personally had it goin on!!!! Rhonda. Prater. Merced. California. Her trade and fashionista masterpieces continued to give her successes!!!
So who inherited her company?
No one has run the House of Chanel like her.
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It’s so easy to judge her. We weren’t there, not one of us can say for certain they know what happened when all there is for evidence is circumstantial at best. Some claim the evidence stacks up against her. But unless you were in that room and apart of what was going on, we don’t know. At times of war survival is paramount. I believe she did what she had to to protect her loved ones, her business and survive. You and I can’t say what we would have done given the same situation, but I can guess we would want survive. You might have welcomed a nazi to your bed if it meant you would survive and possibly help your loved ones. Evidence isn’t absolute proof. For gawd sakes nazis’s march down aMErickan streets today like they have the right to threaten the lives of American citizens. Where are the judges to stop what’s happening in the USA Today? Useless you walk a mile in someone’s shoes you are in no position to pass judgement. She came from a loveless childhood with only her sister and lovers to cling to, I have a great deal of admiration for her. ❤
You are right we do not know the absolute truth. And some information came out that she was working as a double agent. Your point is fair, that unless we know the truth, or have walked in the shoes of another person it is hard to pass judgement. In these videos we try and tell the story as fairly as possible and avoid the rumors or judgements on the people involved, but in such short videos it is hard say as much as we would like on the issue, so comments like yours are important.
Ignorant people in the comment section really be immortalising and edifying Chanel. If only they knew...💀 This didn't present a deep dive into her life, her career, and actions. In fact, this was presented in a more romanticised manner.
Sorry to disappoint you, this was not meant to be a deep analysis of her life. I think that has been covered and debated in hundreds of videos. Instead it was a brief look and a focus on her death. I do not believe I romanticised her life however. I merely cease to judge the people on my videos, I think the viewers can do that. I prefer to tell the story and let the facts speak rather than offering my own personal opinions.
Chanel had a wonderful history about the ww2 and her career is great, she is a beautiful and strong woman, not many women survive in the crazy world, she is a nazi simpatizer, fashion world appreciates her always
Her life seemed to have been a testament to both sides…
The reincarnation of Chanel lives in Macedonia and has a clone Audrey Tautou. This is a serious crime of robbery and ridicule.
Her drug abuse was not mentioned! By 1935, Chanel had become a habitual drug user, injecting herself with morphine on a daily basis: a habit she maintained to the end of her life.
Did not know this. Knew about the nazi lover, but not the drugs.
Your comment is false. Gabriella was not a drug addict.
Any evidence or just the common BS for getting likes?
It's well-known that anyone can throw out anything just for showing off.
Coco and I dated in 1984, very nice person, but no fashion sense under the sheets
The Tunneling Rats with child sized biohazard stained mattresses in the tunnels make me understand her sentiment.
I never liked the style of her suits but so much else was/is wonderful
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I don't judge. Its not my job.
No ones is, yet everyone's doing that easier than peeing 🤬
I’m surprised she didn’t have her hair shaved off.
How did that happen? Follow the money 😮
I have heard that she was gay in her last years
It's always possible she may have been a double agent and surviving at the same time, you did mention her nephew was a POW, , what would you have done,.,.,..,in another video it was said Winston Churchill came to her aid at the end of the war, ,, ,, seems interesting to say the least,.,...
It is very possible she was a double agent, however in France she was viewed as someone who betrayed the country. Maybe we will never know the truth, but it is still a good question.