A selection of women's costumes for all occasions

Little woman Coco Chanel was destined to make a big impact on the fashion world. She created a style that is still being followed. Most women’s modern costumes are the legacy of her creations.

As a fashion designer, she borrowed elements of the traditional men’s wardrobe for women, allowing a woman to dress comfortably, look elegant, refined and businesslike at the same time.

Her principle of “luxury simplicity” is still used to create costumes. Her innovation is a tight-fitting women's jacket. Before Chanel, no one wore such stylish details of clothes.





At the time of Chanel, secular rules obliged a woman to change for lunch and dinner. Coco got rid of all those ceremonies. Lush outfits with a mass of decor are a thing of the past. She came up with a little black dress that could be worn at any event. It has become a universal and basic thing in the wardrobe.

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Before Chanel, black was worn only on the occasion of mourning, but after it, a small black dress was able to wear for the most fun holiday, decorating with accessories.





DepositPhotos “I’m tired of wearing rediculi in my hands, besides I always lose them,” Chanel said in the middle of the twentieth century and created a rectangular handbag on the chain. Chanel freed women's hands by making a handbag that can be hung on her shoulder.





It was Chanel who made the trousers a separate part of the women’s wardrobe and part of the women’s costume. By wearing them, she proved that it’s not just men who can wear this element of clothing. But women are also able to feel comfortable and stylish in it. During the day she wore shortened and tightened, and in the evening wide or clawed trousers.





DepositPhotos She introduced fashion jewelry. Salvation for those who can’t afford to wear gold and diamonds. The most popular were camellia brooches and artificial pearls. Chanel believed that jewelry does not have to be expensive and envy.





DepositPhotos Chanel began sewing from tweed and jersey, fabrics that were previously used exclusively for sewing men's suits. She destroyed stereotypes and created an original women’s costume. He fell to the taste of Hollywood actresses and even the wife of the American president – Jacqueline Kennedy.





It consisted of a narrow skirt and a fitting jacket, which emphasized all the advantages of the female figure of the hourglass type: wide hips, narrow waist and beautiful posture with round shoulders and deflection. It was a combination of simplicity and elegance, something that the fashion world lacked. Before Chanel, clothes were either too pretentious and expensive or tasteless.





DepositPhotos Chanel-style women's costumes They are very popular today. Female tweed costume "Chanel"Named as a fashion house and a French clothing company, it is still produced today, despite the fact that its creator is no longer alive. Things invented by her have passed the test of time and picky women.

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