Coco Before Chanel

The story

Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly with her sister. A liaison with Baron Balsan gives her an entree into French society and a chance to develop her gift for designing.

• #wealth
• #social status
• #based on novel or book
• #belle epoque
• #woman director
• #1900s
• #1890s
• #based on true story
• #period drama
• #fashion designer