Tribute to the amazing her
If you want to be replaceable, you have to be different.
I love black so much, and its power travels through time and space, sweeping through everything.
Trends are changeable, but style is timeless.
These are the words of Coco Chanel, a high priestess of haute fashion. Because I am also a designer, I am particularly curious about the life of this fashion pioneer, and I read through "The Legend of Coco Chanel" twice, and after reading it, I was in awe of her professional dedication and her rigor. She single-handedly created the Chanel empire from a village girl.
Let's take a look at how this big heroine holds a bad card and plays the king bomb effect.
Chanel was born in France in 1883 to a poor family, and her mother died when she was six, leaving her at her aunt's house (some say in a workhouse) and never returning. Childhood memories under the fence are memories that Chanel, who has kept her life in mystery, don't want to talk about. "When I see how many bonds the happiness of childhood brings to people, I no longer feel the pain of the misfortune I have experienced," she said. In order to resist orthodox education, you must become a truly outstanding person" Childhood had a profound impact on her life, and her phrase "If you want to be free, you have to be rich" became her character.
The appearance of a man Balesson rewrote the course of her life, she came into contact with the upper class circles with him, and she had her own opinions on dress, such as her appearance on horseback in her own modified trousers, at that time it was very inconvenient for women to wear skirts and horses, and it was much more convenient for women to ride horses in improved trousers, and she began to show her talent for clothing.
Later, she saw that the decoration of women's hats was cumbersome, so she improved the decoration of the hat herself, and wore it to show her uniqueness, and many upper-class celebrities asked her about the hat ** to buy Later, Chanel came up with the idea of opening her own hat shop, with the support of her lover Arthur Cabber, the location of the hat shop is located at 21 rue Cambon, Paris, and now it has become a place to visit. Her hat completely broke all rules: simple, plain, and deep enough to cover the ears, this difference attracted the attention of many celebrities, many high-ranking dignitaries became frequent customers here, and the store gradually had its own customers.
When the First World War broke out in 1914 and there was a shortage of tailors, Chanel made clothes for the ladies of the upper class of the time. She opened two boutique clothing stores at 31 rue Cambon, when people needed simple clothes to make it easy to move, and Chanel's knitted sailor dresses, women's suits, tweed jackets, etc., were simple and fashionable and easy to move, and they quickly became popular in that era. She replaced fur with cheap fur and revolutionized the fashion industry. Next, Chanel made a big splash in the fashion industry.
"Fashion should be about place, about time," she said. "Chanel undoubtedly understood that the old times would give way when they seized their opportunities. "I witnessed the demise of luxury, the fall of the 19th century, the end of an era. ”
She watched them pass away without regret, knowing that his time was coming, and that those who were once strong would soon be destroyed by her, suffocated in their own unbridled extravagance. Chanel came from an era of incomparable splendor that also began to decay, in her words: "The age of glory, but also the age of decline, a kind of afterglow of the Baroque, in which the decoration obliterates the lines and excessively suffocates the human body, like the parasites of a rainforest suffocate the trees." Women are nothing more than flaunting wealth, mink, woolsterskin, and all the extravagant material ornaments. Intricate patterns, layers of breathless lace, embroidery, tulle, ruffles, have reduced women to monuments to the obsolete art of incubation. The skirt sweeps up dust, and the thousands of brilliance that can be refracted by the colorful neon are mixed together, but lose their moving color. ”
But Coco will change everything, and Chanel will conquer the world with its blackness.
In 1919, her favorite lover Arthur Cabble died in a car accident, Chanel was very sad to design the little black dress, in memory of her beloved, she said: "I love black so much, its power travels through time and space, sweeping everything" Under her design, the little black dress representing the mourning dress with a string of pearl necklaces has also become synonymous with elegance. She also awakened other women, leading them out of the old times and into consolation, wearing black, a symbol of strength and freedom. Coco made a promise to herself: "These colors (red, green, electric blue, which were popular at the time) were unbearable. Those women, I swear they wear black... I introduced black, and today my black proposition is still going strong, and black has long since swept away all the flowers. ”
Later, Chanel met the Duke of Westminster, and her path to the upper class became smoother, and the Prince of Wales, Churchill, and many other artists such as Picasso, Diaghilev, and LeVerdi became her friends. It has provided her with a lot of design inspiration, her social circle has expanded, and her celebrity interactions have made her career more prosperous. She's been with the Duke of Westminster for ten years, and if you wander down a few streets of Mayfair, London, you can still see the double Cs. The picture is now on a lamppost; An ultimate symbol of the Duke's tribute to Coco Chanel. A silent memorial, in its own way, a record of a perfect fusion of British tradition and French fashion.
Coco Chanel had many lovers in her life, never wore a wedding dress, perhaps for the sake of freedom to give up the ties of the family, in her later years she resisted the loneliness of the bones until she grew old.
I think at that time, Chanel was the embellishment of those men, they had status, they had money, they had status, they could provide a pampered life, on the other hand, Chanel's life, it seems that those men nourished her life, they provided financial resources and talents, gave her creativity and inspiration, and made her life brilliant.
Chanel never stops, and it is her skirts and coats that give her enough pleasure to keep her going; Always endlessly sprinting towards the deadline of the next show, it has long been her vocation to design clothes for other women. Until his death, he was preparing the design of the new outfit show. She dedicated her life to the pursuit of perfection in every detail. Chanel often wore a pair of scissors around her neck, her fingers clasped together, and in her unique 'signature cocoa' pose, tapping different parts of a new outfit, she might say, "Here's another pleat, a clever pleat." Sometimes it takes 35 changes before a suit to her satisfaction.
As I delved deeper into Chanel's story, I discovered that she was not only a great designer, but also a woman who sought freedom and independence. Suddenly, Chanel's attitude towards work bears a striking resemblance to Steve Jobs' "Think Different" in 1997
Kudos to the crazy guys, they're mavericks, they're unruly, they're messy, they're out of place, they see things differently, they don't like to be conformist, and they don't want to rest on their laurels.
You can praise them, you can quote them, you can oppose them, you can question them, you can praise them, you can denigrate them, but you can't ignore them.
Because they change things.
They invent, they imagine, they **, they explore, they create, they inspire, and they move humanity forward.
Perhaps, they will need to go crazy.
Can you stare at a blank sheet of paper and see a beautiful painting?
Can you sit quietly and compose a beautiful song?
Can you gaze at Mars and think of the magical space wheel?
We create opportunities for these guys.
They may be crazy in the eyes of others, but they are geniuses in our eyes.
Because only those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world can really change the world.
This may be her attitude towards the world, maverick. Freedom-seeking, Chanel was always immersed in her work, carving out a career, an empire. Half a century later, today, Chanel is still at the forefront of fashion, inspiring generations of women to dream of youth.
Paying tribute to the great female designer, may you pursue independence and freedom like Chanel, live a wonderful life, and write your own unique legend.
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