IT'S OH SO COCO

As everyone should know by now, I have an obsession with Coco Chanel.. She is my idol...anyway with the new movie, I was happy to see that Coco's style is still in today...At the time Coco was making a start, her fashion style was a little to risque for most woman of the 1930's, but Coco was a fashion genius way ahead of her time...

As you can see in this picture her tweed jacket and skirt has taken its place in the fashion world......

This is the more modern take of Coco's famous look..I love it.. Very tre chic...

I especially love the fact that Coco adored hats...She was hardly with out one!!!




She had a very tomboy look to her but yet so polished !!!!

Coco's signature fashion staple...Her pearls.....She was always dressed so classy...

As I said before and will probably say again..Coco Chanel was an icon..She defined class...She made a statement..She was a woman before her time....and she was and will forever be a fashion icon.... and my favorite...xoxo

Most of her staple outfits and accesories are still very popular today...And her Little Black dress will never go out....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COCO

Tomorrow would have been CoCo Chanel's birthday...so this post is dedicated to her...

Coco was born in 1883 in the South of France, with the name Gabrielle Boheur Chanel..Her mother died when she was little...but before her mother died she taught Coco how to sew...When Coco was just a little girl her father brought her to an orphange and just abanded her...and this is where she grew up and learned to sew even better...

As you can see Coco started with humble beginnings...She began designing hats and designed some of the most beautiful hats France had ever seen....She became famous for her hats which she sold out of a little boutique on 21 rue Cambon in France...

It wasnt until years later that Coco would design her famous bags and perfume...Most people when mentioning the name Coco Chanel always think of perfume..however Coco was directly responsible for the creation of the Little Black Dress..It was Coco who put this in the fashion pages forever....

Her perfume is one of the highest sold perfumes in the world and is still going strong...

Sadly her personal life never thrived..She never married nor had any children..I guess you could say she was married to her craft...She changed fashion in a way that her style still remains today...She is style...She is class...She is a role model for all of us..She was born with nothing and created an Empire...if that it not something then I do not know what its....

On that note...I would just like to say ...HAPPY BIRTHDAY COCO....you are an inspiration to me and to all the other Fashionista's out there....xoxomish

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.-- Coco Chanel

CHANEL NO. 5

Good Morning Petites..how is everyone today?...I hope your feeling fabulous...Today Fashionista's I would like to hold a little history lesson...A lesson only us Fashionista's will like and understand...And also honor a woman who built an empire out of nothing..CoCo Chanel is one of the most named names when it comes to Fashion..when one thinks of Coco Chanel they think style and class..She is known world wide for her signature handbags..her LBD...and her perfume...

So here is our lesson for today..Did you know that CHANEL NO. 5 is the top selling perfume of all time??...yes it is..a bottle is sold every 30 seconds...Can you believe that?...CoCo Chanel created this little bottle of magic in 1921...when designing the actually smell she wanted something artificial...like a dress...something that had been made...Wow...How fab is that?...I would have to say she was a genius...

I know in my time..I have seen perfume come and go...but CHANEL NO. 5 has withstood the hands of time..One of my favorite all time pictures is Marilyn Monroe with her bottle of CHANEL NO. 5...(which I have included)..MS. Monroe was once asked " What do you wear to bed?" and her response was " Why Chanel No. 5 of course" I love that..

So in ending this little history lesson..if you have never had a whiff of CHANEL NO. 5 give it a try..Its intoxicating..xoxoMish