The girl from Saumur

Gabrielle Chanel was born on August 19, 1883 in Saumur, a small town in the Loire Valley in western France. Her parents were poor itinerant vendors. Her father, Albert Chanel, ran a clothing stall, and her mother, Jeanne, worked in a charity hospital. The family lived in a simple apartment and lived a hard life. As a child, Chanel often followed her mother to the hospital. The gloomy environment and the painful groans of the patients in the hospital left an indelible shadow in her young heart. In 1895, the heavy blow of fate came. Chanel, who was only 12 years old, watched her mother gradually lose her vitality under the torture of tuberculosis. The father who lost his wife was unable to raise six children. Shortly after the mother's funeral, he left home cruelly and abandoned the children to relatives. Chanel and her two sisters were sent to the Catholic orphanage in Aubazine. From then on, her world was surrounded by high walls and loneliness.
In the orphanage, material life was extremely scarce. The daily food was barely enough to survive, and the clothes were also shabby. But the nuns discovered Chanel's talent for sewing and began to teach her carefully. Chanel showed great talent. The clothes she sewed were always particularly exquisite, with delicate needlework and smooth lines. The black and white decoration of the orphanage and the simple dress of the nuns also deeply influenced her future aesthetics and laid the foundation for her future design style.
At the age of 18, Chanel left the orphanage and entered the society. She and her aunt Adriana came to Moran and worked as apprentices in a tailor shop. Her main job was to sew women's underwear. Although the work was monotonous and heavy, Chanel was very serious and soon mastered the essence of sewing. After work, she began to try to design clothes, using the remaining fabrics and lace in the store to create unique clothes, which attracted many customers to design for her.

In addition, Chanel also used her spare time to sing in local cafes. Her voice is not outstanding, but her unique temperament and sweet looks still attracted many listeners. The two songs she sang most often are "Ko Ko Ri Ko" and "Qui qu'a vu Coco". Over time, everyone affectionately called her "Coco", and this nickname accompanied her throughout her life and became one of the symbols of her fashion empire.

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