This is about woman whose work changed women's fashion. She is Gabrielle Chanel. She was born in France, on August 19, 1883. She grew up in the poor family. She lost her mother when she was 12, and her father disappeared.She had two sisters and two brothers, and she and her sisters went to an orphanage, and her brothers went to a farm.Chanel was a woman of ambition.Gabrielle Chanel introduced simple, elegant, relaxed clothes that express the desire of women in the 20th century. She borrowed ideas from men's clothes and created clothes for modern women. Chanel introduced jersey suits in may 1916.The suits had a simplified elegance.For the first time in women's fashion, women showed their bare ankles in the streets. People were surprised by the new style. It was her first succesfull opening.Chanel said, "I make fashion women can live in, breath in, feel comfortable in and look younger in." Chanel lost her parents when she was young, and she did not spent childhood in a rich environment. However, she escaped from poor circumstances, and she created modern women's clothes. Her this success can be a lesson for every women because she overcame poverty and became a famous person in the world. She should be an ideal person for girls.
