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foray she was struck by the beauty of Katharine Hepburn, the
perfect figure for her masculine cut pants. While other great
stars such as Lauren Bacall, Greta Garbo or Marlene Dietrich
openly expressed their passion for mademoiselle Coco.

Garments, accessories, perfumes… her fashion legacy in-
cludes iconic pieces such as the little black dress, the
Chanel No. 5 perfume, the 2.55 bag, the knitted sweater,
the pearl necklaces and the tweed skirt and jacket suits. In
addition, she reinvented the cut of the skirt by making it a
little shorter than the classical one.

Chanel was, in short, a strong woman that lived to the max-
imum her potential and that radically changed the reigning
mentality, granting movement and freedom to women with-
out sacrificing good taste and class.