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Founded by Coco Chanel by 1909, the small shop selling ladies
headwear had moved to the upmarket Rue Cambon within a year. The house
became especially famous with its signature Chanel No. 5 fragrance - so
called as it was the fifth attempt at creating a Chanel perfume that
Coco Chanel liked - and the popular Chanel suit, an elegant creation
comprised of a knee-length skirt and trim, boxy jacket, traditionally
made of woven wool with black trim and gold buttons and worn with large
costume-pearl necklaces.
After Chanel No. 5 was launched in 1923, Coco Chanel's fashions became
well-known and were purchased by the high flyers of London and Paris
society alike. Chanel took to living at the Hôtel Ritz, and her suite
of residence is named the Coco Chanel Suite even today. The German
designer Karl Lagerfeld now presides over the house.
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