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<text>
<title>
(1920s) Gabrielle ("Coco") Chanel
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1920s Highlights
People
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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Gabrielle ("Coco") Chanel
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<p>(AUGUST 13, 1928)
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<p> 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.</p>
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