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- Gabrielle ("Coco") Chanel
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- (AUGUST 13, 1928)
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- The fame of Gabrielle ("Coco") Chanel has waxed since the
- war. Sweaters have made her name and her fortune, the light,
- boyish sweaters which form the sports costume of many an
- American and English woman. The story of Gabrielle is shrouded
- in mystery. Some say she is of Basque origin, the daughter of
- a peasant. Others declare her youth was spent in Marseilles,
- where the jerseys of sailors gave her the idea for the
- emancipated woman's golfing costume. Even today she is something
- of an enigma to gossip-loving Paris. "Coco" Chanel is not
- beautiful, yet her name is linked with that of Prince Dimitri,
- Parisian man of the world, famed connoisseur of beautiful
- women.
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