Coco Chanel

Notable person — linked from film credits.

• •Coco Chanel spent part of her childhood in an orphanage after her mother died and her father abandoned the family.
• •The iconic Chanel No. 5 perfume was so named because it was the fifth fragrance presented to her by the perfumer Ernest Beaux, and five was her lucky number.
• •Chanel popularized the idea of women wearing trousers for practical, everyday wear, challenging the traditional gender norms of fashion.
• •During World War II, Chanel closed her couture house and lived at the Hotel Ritz in Paris, which was also occupied by German officers.
• •Coco Chanel is the only fashion designer to be listed on Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.