Coco Chanel

Gabrielle "Coco" Bonheur Chanel,

founder of my favourite brand- Chanel.

She is the only fashion designer named in

Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century.

Get to know more about her after I watched

"Coco Before Chanel".

French Movie: Coco avant Chanel

This movie changed my perpective to Chanel.

Before this, Chanel is a high end brand,

a symbol of taste and elegant.

But in the movie,

I found out that the founder was a singer in a bar,

she smoked, she drunk always.

Her nick name "Coco" is earned by singing the song

"Ko Ko Ri Ko" aka " Qui qu'a vu coco"

this is the song.

OMG!!

ruined the image and the idea of mine to the founder...

and the "Coco" series.

It is no longer elegant to me.

BUT

Chanel is now a "romantic"brand to me.

This is a brand represent "Love".

Unique love.

There's no pink or red,

There's no heart shape,

There's no words of "LOVE"

in this brand.

But the spirit of Chanel is love.

When all the women colourful dress with 'cancan',

wear hats with feathers...

Coco dare to be different.

She wear black and white,

with simple design.

Capel the most important man in Coco's life,

who believe her talent in fashion.

"There's no one else like you"

said Capel to Coco.

This is another word

which has same meaning to

"I love you".

When you are disagreed by the world,

the one who agree with you

must be

the one who love you the most.

Capel helped Coco to start her business.

When the business going well,

Capel passed away in car accident.

Coco continue with the "Chanel" business

as a reminder for her love to Capel.

Because this is the only thing they shared in their life.

Why the logo of Chanel is 2 cross over "C"?

It represents Capel and Coco.

This is what I guess...

lol..

Anyway,

It is a romantic guessing of mine...

If you ever receive a Chanel gift,

it means

the person is telling you that

"There's no one else like you".

aka

"I love you".