Chanel品牌的创办人Coco Chanel，法国先锋时装设计师，香奈尔(Chanel)品牌的创始人。她基于男装的模式和现代主义的出发点，崇尚简洁大方，成为20世纪时尚界重要人物之一。她对高级定制女装的影响使她被时代周刊评为20世纪影响最大的100人之一。1914年，Coco开设了两家时装店，影响后世深远的时装品牌Chanel正式宣告诞生。
杰出才华：
Coco对时装美学的独特见解和难得一见的才华，使她结交了不少诗人、画家和知识分子。她的朋友中就有抽象画派大师毕加索 (Picasso)、法国诗人导演高克多 (Jean Cocteau) 等等。一时风流儒雅，正是法国时装和艺术发展的黄金时期。
人生经历：
1883年出生于法国的Auvergne。她六岁时母亲离世，父亲更丢下她和4个兄弟姐妹。自此，她由她的姨妈抚养成人，儿时入读修女院学校 (Convent School)，并在那儿学得一手针线技巧。在她二十二岁那年，即1905年，她当上“咖啡厅歌手”(Cafe singer)，并起了艺名 “Coco”，在不同的歌厅和咖啡厅卖唱维生。在这段歌女生涯中，Coco先后结交了两名老主顾，成为他们的情人知己，一名是英国工业家，另一名是富有的军官。
Chanel No 5香水恒久流行：
除了时装，Chanel也在1921 年推出Chanel No 5香水，女星妮可·基德曼 (Nicole Kidman)作代言人的No 5香水瓶子是一个甚具装饰艺术 (Art Deco) 味道的玻璃瓶。此乃史上第一瓶以设计师命名的香水。1960年代,美国影星玛丽莲梦露在回答一位记者的“晚上穿什么睡衣入睡?”的问题时说到：“A few drops of Chanel NO.5(擦几滴香奈尔5号而已)。”，采访一经播出，Chanel No 5香水更加名声大振。配合独创的“双C”标志使这瓶香水成为Chanel历史上最赚钱的产品，且在恒远的时光长廊上历久不衰，至今在 Chanel的官方网站依然是重点推介产品。
Coco Chanelwas a French fashion designer and founder of the Chanel brand. She was the only fashion designer to appear on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. Along with Paul Poiret, Chanel was credited with liberating women from the constraints of the "corseted silhouette" and popularizing the acceptance of a sportive, casual chic as the feminine standard in the post-World War I era.
A prolific fashion creator, Chanel's influence extended beyond couture clothing. Her design aesthetic was realized in jewelry, handbags, and fragrance. Her signature scent, Chanel No. 5, has become an iconic product.
Chanel was known for her lifelong determination, ambition and energy which she applied to her professional and social life. She achieved both success as a businesswoman and social prominence thanks to the connections she made through her work. These included many artists and craftspeople to whom she became a patron. However, Chanel's highly competitive, opportunistic personality led her to make questionable life choices which have generated controversy around her reputation, particularly her behaviour during the German occupation of France in World War II.
