Coco Chanel, circa, 1930/40s

Gabrielle “Coco” Bonheur Chanel, 1883 – January 10, 1971, was a French fashion designer and founder of the Chanel brand. She was the only fashion designer to be named on Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century.

Chanel’s influence extended beyond couture clothing; her design aesthetic was realized in jewelry, handbags, and fragrance. Her iconic, signature parfum, Chanel No. 5 is inexorably identified with The House of Chanel.

Coco Chanel, date, unknown (probably lat 1900s or so).

The legendary fashion icon reclining, at ease and as if in thought. (date unknown)