Ingabe okungenani kunomuntu oyedwa emhlabeni ongenakwazi ngomlando wefashini yomhlaba, umklami wemfashini onambitheka kahle - i-Coco Chanel? Mhlawumbe isibalo seCoco singomunye walabo abama-biography abaziwa kakhulu kakhulu, ngoba yena wayevame ukunikeza imininingwane ephikisanayo ngokuphila kwakhe. Asazi ngisho nosuku oluqondile lokuzalwa kwakhe. Coco cishe (igama langempela uGabrielle) wazalwa ngo-Agasti 19, 1883 endlini yothando eSaumur.
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Umlando weCoco Chanel
Indlu yokuqala yefashini uCoco Chanel yavulwa ngo-1909, lapho umklami wezithombe ezincane eneminyaka engu-26 ubudala. Umsebenzi wakhe waqala ngokukhiqizwa kwezigqoko zabesifazane. Ngakho-ke, ukutholakala kwakhe kokuqala cishe kwakungewona u-boutique, kodwa i-workshop yokwenza izihloko zekhanda.
Ngemva konyaka, uChanel wavula ibhizinisi lakhe elidumile, elise-21 rue Cambon. I-Boutique ye-fashion house Chanel isesekhona namuhla, futhi ikheli layo lilotshwe ezincwadini zegolide encwadini yekheli lezwe lemfashini.
Kufanele kuqaphele ukuthi kwakungokuqala komlando wefashini ukuthi umphakathi weChanel kancane kancane washiya izingubo zokuziqhenya. U-Koko ngokwakhe wenqabe ubuningi bezesekeli ezihlukahlukene ngezindlela ze-ribbons ne-frills. Wazisa ukulula nokuhlonipha esithombeni. Ukugqoka kwakhe kwaba yindlela yokwenza umusa.
I-Chanel ibhekwa ngokufanele njengenguquko emhlabeni jikelele. Phela, kwakungenxa yakhe ukuthi abesifazane basusile ama-corsets ahluphayo. Khumbula ukuthi ingubo encane emnyama? Lokhu kudalwa okungunaphakade kungokwabo abathandekayo beCoco abaningi.
UChanel wayengowesifazane wokuqala ovumelekile ukugqoka isigqoko sesitayela ngesitayela semasilisa. Khona-ke wabhekene nokugxeka okungenakuqhathaniswa nokungaqondi kahle ngokuphelele. Kodwa sibona ini manje? Ngokuvamile abesifazane bayabalingiswa besitayela somuntu izingubo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yisithombe esilula nsuku zonke noma izingubo eziqinile zehhovisi.
Ithonya likaGabriel Chanel ngesimo sezikhathi zeMpi Yezwe Yokuqala (1914-1918) yayiphakeme kakhulu. Ngalezo zinsuku, abesifazane baphoqeleka ukuba baphenduke izingubo ezikhululekile. UChanel wasebenzisa lokhu futhi wanikeza ama-skirt asemqoka-amapensela ayenziwe ngendwangu, i-flannel blazers, kanye nezitsha zokugqoka kanye ne-jersey sweaters. Yingaleso sikhathi lapho izingubo zikaChanel zivele zidingekile ekugqokeni kwendwangu yesifazane.
Ngo-1971, uCoco odumile wafa. Indawo yakhe endlini yefashini yayingenamuntu. Umsebenzi wokukhetha umklami wefashini omusha wawungelula. Ngemuva kwalokho, kwakudingeka ukugcina ukunambitheka okungenakufinyeleleka kwe-Chanel ngazo zonke izindlela. Ngemuva kokucwaninga nokuxoxisana, isikhundla sikaKoko sithathwe nguKarl Lagerfeld .
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