Founded in 1910 by Coco Chanel, Chanel is a French luxury high-fashion company. Women's ready-to-wear clothing, upscale items, and accessories are all part of the brand's product line. The company is currently owned by Alain Wertheimer and Gérard Wertheimer, who are the descendants of Pierre Wertheimer, a former business associate and Chanel co-founder. The fashion house is renowned for its Chanel No. 5 fragrance.

Gabrielle Bonheur, "Coco" Chanel, was a French entrepreneur and fashion designer. She is well-known for founding the illustrious company, Chanel. She was born on August 19, 1883 in Saumur, France. The Sisters of Providence's charity hospital employed Eugénie Jeanne Deville, also known as Jeanne, as a laundry worker. Her father operated a clothing and underwear stand on the street. Coco's mother died at age 32 when she was 11 years old. She didn't go to school, nor did her three sisters or two brothers. While the girls were taken to the convent of Aubazine, which managed an orphanage, the father hired the males as agricultural labourers to work on the family's land.

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Locating Chanel :At 160 Boulevard Malesherbes, the ground floor of the Parisian apartment of socialite and businessman Étienne Balsan, whom she was the mistress of, Coco launched a millinery shop in 1909. The House of Chanel was founded at this location. The Balsan apartment doubled as a club for French sports royalty. Coco was given the opportunity to show her artwork to these wealthy, fashionable women.She started offering them the hats she had designed and produced so she could support herself.

Recognisable brand designs:In 1918, Coco owned a sizable dress store close to the Hotel Ritz in Paris. The styles offered in the stores included skirt-and-jacket suits, straight-line linen skirts, sailor blouses, and long sweaters made of jersey fabric.