Coco Chanel started her working life as a dressmaker. She
started up in business just at the time when women’s lives
were changing dramatically. Because of the war, women in
northern France suddenly needed clothes for a new kind
of lifestyle – an active, working life outside of the home.
And Coco Chanel designed them. Throughout her long
career, she understood that fashion was not just about
clothes but about the way people live their lives.