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Coco Chanel
Gabrielle " Coco " Chanel ____________________ ____________________ ( be born ) in France in 1883 and ____________________ ( die ) in 1971 . She ____________________ ( be ) a fashion designer who revolutionized women's fashion . She ____________________ ( design ) modern and simple clothes that ____________________ ( be ) often based on men's wear . She ____________________ ( be ) so important that she ____________________ ( be ) the only designer named in ? Time' magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century .
Chanel ____________________ ( have ) a very poor childhood . Her mother ____________________ ( work ) in the poor house where Gabrielle was born . She ____________________ ( die ) when Gabrielle ____________________ ( be ) six and then her father ____________________ ( abandon ) her . She ____________________ ( adopt ) the name Coco while she ____________________ ( be ) a cafe singer in 1905 . Two lovers ____________________ ( fund ) her first store in Paris in 1910 . They also ____________________ ( help ) her hats become popular with rich women .
In the 1920s , Chanel ____________________ ( become ) Paris' top fashion designer . Her comfortable and elegant clothes ____________________ ( be ) popular across Europe . Women ____________________ ( find ) her mannish clothes to be liberating . In 1922 , Chanel ____________________ ( introduce ) her perfume , Chanel No . 5 , which is still highly profitable . Her famous Chanel suit has also stood the test of time and is part of the modern woman's wardrobe .
At the beginning of World War II she ____________________ ( move ) into the Ritz Hotel in Paris , which ____________________ ( become ) her home for 30 years . During the Nazi occupation of Paris she ____________________ ( have ) a lover , a German spy . This relationship ____________________ ( make ) her unpopular for a decade after the war . Her 1954 collection ____________________ ( do ) badly in France . Today , however , her name is the biggest in fashion .
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