Woman in History - Coco Chanel

Fashion designer, Gabrielle Chanel, or 'Coco' to her friends, opened her first shop in Paris, France, in 1910.

At that time, women dressed in a very formal way.  Coco didn't think this suited the changing lives of women.  It was time for a new approach to fashion.

Coco snipped different parts from clothing, making them into garments suitable for  the modern woman – to do whatever she pleased in.

Thanks to the fabulous book Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World by Kate Pankhurst.