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1921 Two sample offices from the magazine “Meubles Tapis”. Click to enlarge! (I believe they are making a statement on “today vs. yesterday”.

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1928 Christmas in Hell’s Kitchen, New York City. From America in the 1920′s, FB.

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December, 1917 Fashion from “McCall’s” magazine. Click to enlarge!

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Clara Bow photographed by Eugene Robert Richee, 1929

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Ruth Page - Maurice Seymour

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A Modern Witch

Life magazine, 4th October 1923

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Melindrosa, Para Todos magazine.

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Behold the Beautiful Designs of Brazil’s 1920s Art Deco Magazine, Para Todos.

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Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel

August 19,1883 - January 10, 1971

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Chanel Little Black Dress 1920

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Coco Chanel (1883-1971).

French fashion designer.

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She was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post-World War I era with liberating women from the constraints of the "corseted silhouette" and popularizing a sporty, casual chic as the feminine standard of style. A prolific fashion creator, Chanel extended her influence beyond couture clothing, realizing her design aesthetic in jewellery, handbags, and fragrance. Her signature scent, Chanel No. 5, has become an iconic product. Chanel herself designed her famed interlocked-CC monogram, which has been in use since the 1920s.

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Chanel was born into poverty in the French countryside; her mother died, and her father abandoned her to an orphanage. After a brief stint as a shopgirl, Chanel worked for a few years as a café singer. She later became associated with a series of wealthy men and in 1913, with financial assistance from one of them, Arthur (“Boy”) Capel, opened a tiny millinery shop in Deauville, France. Within five years her original use of jersey fabric to create a “poor girl” look had attracted the attention of influential wealthy women seeking relief from the prevalent corseted styles.

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Chanel’s designs stressed simplicity and comfort and revolutionized the fashion industry. By the late 1920s the Chanel industries were reportedly worth millions.

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Rumors arose about Chanel's activities during the German occupation of France during World War II, and she was criticized for being too close to the German occupiers. After several post-war years in Switzerland, she returned to Paris and revived her fashion house. In 2011, Hal Vaughan published a book about Chanel based on newly declassified documents, revealing that she had collaborated directly with the Nazi intelligence service, the Sicherheitsdienst. One plan in late-1943 was for her to carry an SS peace overture to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to end the war.

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She had various relationships such as with Étienne Balsan (wealthy textile heir), Arthur "Boy" Capel (English aristocrat), Edward VIII (Duke of Westminster and Prince of Wales) or Baron Hans Gunther von Dincklage (German officer).

She never married and had no children.

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Women at a café in Paris, circa 1920.

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A couple walking on the beach, 1920s

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Retro Working girls in jazz age.

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