Compléter Biography_Coco ChanelVersion en ligne Complete the biography. par Teachers Puce 1 Coco Chanel Gabrielle " Coco " Chanel ( be born ) in France in 1883 and ( die ) in 1971 . She ( be ) a fashion designer who revolutionized women's fashion . She ( design ) modern and simple clothes that ( be ) often based on men's wear . She ( be ) so important that she ( be ) the only designer named in ? Time' magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century . Chanel ( have ) a very poor childhood . Her mother ( work ) in the poor house where Gabrielle was born . She ( die ) when Gabrielle ( be ) six and then her father ( abandon ) her . She ( adopt ) the name Coco while she ( be ) a cafe singer in 1905 . Two lovers ( fund ) her first store in Paris in 1910 . They also ( help ) her hats become popular with rich women . In the 1920s , Chanel ( become ) Paris' top fashion designer . Her comfortable and elegant clothes ( be ) popular across Europe . Women ( find ) her mannish clothes to be liberating . In 1922 , Chanel ( introduce ) her perfume , Chanel No . 5 , which is still highly profitable . Her famous Chanel suit has also stood the test of time and is part of the modern woman's wardrobe . At the beginning of World War II she ( move ) into the Ritz Hotel in Paris , which ( become ) her home for 30 years . During the Nazi occupation of Paris she ( have ) a lover , a German spy . This relationship ( make ) her unpopular for a decade after the war . Her 1954 collection ( do ) badly in France . Today , however , her name is the biggest in fashion . Adpated from http : / / famouspeoplelessons . com / c / coco_chanel . html for educational purposes .