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Runway Couture: Chanel

The Little Black Dress-it all started with Coco Chanel. In 1923 Coco Chanel said that simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance. Coco Chanel always kept the clothing she designed simple, comfortable, and revealing, as you can see in her collection of prom and wedding dresses. Unlike most designers in Europe, she kept the woman inside the clothes at the center of her creations. "I gave women a sense of freedom; I gave them back their bodies: bodies that were drenched in sweat, due to fashion's finery, lace, corsets, underclothes, padding." She took what were considered poor fabrics like jersey and upgraded them.

Chanel's style is popularly associated with the image of the 1920s flapper, a "new breed" of self-confident young women that challenged the established concept of socially acceptable behavior. The flappers demonstrated their independence through new looks and attitude, such as short skirts and haircuts, openly using cosmetics, and being seen to smoke and drink cocktails. Compared to previous generations of women the flappers also showed an increased level of activity, pursuing athletic sports, driving their own automobiles, and going out to nightclubs where they could listen to jazz music and do energetic dances such as the Charleston. (Right Akoya Pearl Necklace from Madison Avenue Mall)

"The poetry of fashion lies in creating illusion." -Coco Chanel

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