Coco Chanel birth anniversary: Here's a look at her contributions to fashion

Updated On: 19 August, 2024 09:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Anindita Paul

On Coco Chanel’s 141st birth anniversary, here’s a look at some of her most famous contributions to fashion, which remain as relevant today as they were nearly 100 years ago

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Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Pics Courtesy/Getty Images (right) Coco Chanel

Fashion maven or not, Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel needs little introduction. The legendary French fashion designer and her eponymous brand have gone on to shape the way women dress over the years, replacing the frills and fuss of the early 1900s with far more youthful and unencumbered aesthetic. Chanel’s pervasive and far-ranging impact can perhaps be noted by the fact that she was the only fashion designer to be included in the TIME Magazine’s list of 100 most influential people of the 20th Century, and that her fashion house continues to dictate what’s haute and what’s not, to this day. To mark her 141st birthday, we look at some of the most significant contributions that are a part of Chanel’s illustrious legacy.

The Little Black Dress

Now an irreplaceable part of contemporary wardrobes, Chanel took a colour that was once only reserved for funerals and converted it into a hue that denotes romance and prestige. Introduced in 1926, Chanel’s little black dress (LBD) was hailed for being lasting, versatile and accessible to women across socio-economic classes, says fashion stylist Disha Selarka. “The combination of a little black dress with pearls — another Chanel staple — was immortalised by Audrey Hepburn in the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s. To this day, few other pieces have been reimagined as often, in such a variety of fabrics and silhouettes, as Chanel’s LBD,” she notes.

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