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Chanel

Chanel

28 3.4
A French fashion designer who changed women's clothing and style
  • proper noun
  • /ʃəˈnɛl/
translation icon : Coco Chanel
  • Throughout her lifetime, Coco Chanel broke barriers and took the fashion world by storm.
  • Coco Chanel
  • Chanel suit
  • Chanel jacket

Examples

  • Are you wearing Chanel No. 5, by chance?

    The Five-Year Engagement (2012)

  • The end is near for the Chanel house as we know it today.

    Blog text (22)

  • To be able to wear Chanel clothes, you need to try them on.

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  • I would pair this with my very special Chanel, classic Chanel purse.

  • We're going to this diner and she puts me in a Chanel dress and pumps.

  • The latest news is that she's been cast for the SS 13 Chanel campaign alongside veteran model Stella Tennant.

    Blog text (14)

  • Very early in her career, Claudia also became 'the face' of Chanel and muse of Karl Lagerfeld.

    Blog text (22)

  • Even some socialites continued to buck the trend, most famously Coco Chanel, who wore white year-round.

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  • The richness of the fabric, the subtlety of the color, proved that, in the words of Chanel, "Simplicity doesn't mean poverty."

    Fiction book (1994)

  • She wore a stunning Chanel dress to the gala, which turned many heads.

Synonyms

couturier
vsChanel
2 9.9

A designer who makes stylish, custom clothes for women

is a pioneering designer who founded a major fashion house and changed women's styles

Surface Forms

Chanel main

Etymology

Chanel is the family name of Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel, the French designer who changed women's fashion. Her surname comes from an old French word like the English channel, meaning a 'small waterway', so a helpful way to remember it is to think of her as a 'channel' of new style.