Porta's Look!..." Coco Avant Chanel "

" As long as you know men are like children, you know everything! "

- Coco Chanel

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Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel
(19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971)

whose modernist philosophy and menswear-inspired fashions made her an extraordinary influence on haute couture.

“ I gave women a sense of freedom; I gave them back their bodies: bodies that were drenched in sweat, due to fashion's finery, lace, corsets, underclothes, padding.”

“ The most courageous act is still to think for yourself.
Aloud. ”

COCO CHANEL

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Coco Avant Chanel

Coco Before Chanel is the story of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, who began her life as headstrong orphan, and through an extraordinary journey became the legendary couturier who embodied the modern woman and became a timeless symbol of success, freedom and style. The film portrays the formative years of Chanel’s life, the years of Chanel spent discovering and inventing herself.

“coco avant chanel” – french movie poster

"Coco Chanel smoked 50 cigarettes a day."

“coco before chanel” – american movie poster

Before she became a fashion icon to generations, Coco Chanel was a young woman of poor means with an eye for design and if you’re at all familiar with the woman behind the brand, you’ll shake your head that’s it taken this long for a biopic on her life.

Enter the world of CHANEL

"Fashion passes, style remains."

Coco Chanel

“ food for soul, body, brain and heart. ”


-the portastylistic

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"Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance."

Coco Chanel, In 1923