The only couturier to receive the title of one of the “most influential people of the century”; the founder of Chanel, the most famous fashion house of the 20th century. A little Frenchwoman, Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel, who was destined to become a legend for several generations and completely overturn the established canons of fashion. Behind these short lines lies the most interesting life of an individual and a woman who knew how to think outside the box and act outside the box. This book is contradictory in places - because its heroine is contradictory. All her life, Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel tried to confuse her future biographers, talking about her fate in a new way each time. In our book we did not try to find out the truth. Each of the stories told is a facet of the “Chanel legend”. And there is no need to remove the veil of secrecy from the legends...