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Coco Chanel

1883 – 1971 · aged 87 · Fashion designer

“Fashion fades, only style remains the same.”

Portrait: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Coco Chanel freed women from corsets with jersey dresses, the little black dress and the Chanel suit, and created Chanel No. 5. She died in her suite at the Ritz in Paris at 87.

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“Fashion fades, only style remains the same.”

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Coco Chanel sitting at a desk during a visit to Los Angeles
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Caricature of Coco Chanel dancing with Boy Capel in "Tangoville sur mer"
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Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel poses in a sailor top in the interwar period .
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Illustration showing three women in day outfits by "Gabrielle Channel" (sic) consisting of belted tunic jackets and full jersey skirts for March, 1917
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Coco Chanel will be remembered long after the rest of us are forgotten. That's what greatness looks like.

Glenn Evans
19 Jul 2026

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Gabrielle once said something in an interview that changed how I thought about my own work. I've never forgotten it.

Silke Weber27 Jul 2026

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Norma Reyes
23 Apr 2026

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There are people you assume will always be there. Losing Gabrielle feels like losing a piece of the furniture of the world.

Abena Mensah
21 Feb 2026

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Gratitude

To the family: you shared Gabrielle with all of us for so long. Thank you. We're holding you in our thoughts.

Ama Adeleke
10 Feb 2026

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From a lifelong fan

A life fully lived. Thank you, Gabrielle.

Kayla Sutton24 Jul 2026

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Tammy Jordan
30 Nov 2025

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What they gave us

Thank you, Gabrielle. For the joy, the honesty, and for showing up when it mattered.

Kayla Gordon
28 Jun 2025

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I never met Gabrielle, but I feel like I grew up with them. Thank you for being part of my life.

Karen Peterson
3 Jun 2025

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One of a kind

I keep coming back to this page. It helps to know so many others feel the same.

Deepak Naidu31 Jul 2025

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Couldn't agree more.

Michelle Ng15 Feb 2026

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Sending love from the States.

Wendy Ingram
1 May 2025

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Some people leave a mark on the world that doesn't fade. Gabrielle was one of them.

Divya Shah
31 Mar 2025

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Not many people can say they made millions of strangers feel less alone. Gabrielle could.

Juan Gutierrez9 Jul 2025

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Sending love from England.

Kayla Sutton5 Sept 2025

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This made me cry. Thank you.

Sofia Espinoza
14 Mar 2025

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Thank you

My dad introduced me to Gabrielle's work when I was a kid. We talked about it for hours. Today I'm thinking of both of them.

Latasha Pettaway6 May 2025

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I feel exactly the same way.

Madison Burns22 Feb 2026

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Sending love from the States.

Ivan Shevchenko
13 Mar 2025

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Lighting a candle from the States. Gabrielle meant a great deal to a lot of us here.

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204 people are remembering Gabrielle here. Light a candle when words are hard. It stays here.

Ezra Marcus🇺🇸8d ago
Gone but never forgotten.
Anonymous🇧🇷9d ago
Noah Weinstein🇺🇸11d ago
Still miss you.
Anonymous🇬🇧21d ago
Earl Williams🇺🇸7 Aug 2026
Amelia Wood🇺🇸5 Aug 2026
Ifeoma Adeyemi🇳🇬30 Jul 2026
Your work lives on.
Madison Burns🇺🇸29 Jul 2026
Ruth Fields🇺🇸25 Jul 2026
Anonymous🇳🇬25 Jul 2026
Grateful for your life.
Benjamin Lawrence🇺🇸24 Jun 2026
Anonymous🇦🇺17 Jun 2026
Lighting this with love.
Chantel Mays🇺🇸10 Jun 2026
Rahul Krishnan🇮🇳30 May 2026
Hans Weiss🇺🇸11 May 2026
Anonymous🇬🇧6 May 2026
Anonymous🇬🇧2 May 2026
Anonymous🇩🇪1 May 2026
Rest now.
Maeve Thomas🇺🇸30 Apr 2026
Megan Wright🇺🇸26 Apr 2026
Peace.
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  1. 19 August 1883
    Born in Saumur, France
  2. 10 January 1971
    Died in Paris, France
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