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Coco Chanel's Life in Weeks

Founded the Chanel brand and liberated women from the constraints of corseted fashion, popularizing a casual, sporty chic as the feminine standard of style.

1883–1971 French Fashion Designer 4,560 weeks (87 years)

Coco Chanel's 4,560 Weeks

Each box represents one week. Lived weeks Key milestones

4,560
Total Weeks
31,920
Days Lived
6
Key Milestones
87
Years

Key Milestones

Age 12 · Week ~624

Placed in an orphanage after her mother's death

Age 27 · Week ~1,404

Opened her first millinery shop in Paris

Age 38 · Week ~1,976

Launched Chanel No. 5, the iconic perfume

Age 42 · Week ~2,184

Introduced the little black dress

Age 56 · Week ~2,912

Closed her fashion house at the start of World War II

Age 70 · Week ~3,640

Made her celebrated comeback, relaunching the Chanel brand

Legacy

Created Chanel No. 5, the little black dress, and the Chanel suit, becoming the only fashion designer listed on Time magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

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