Coco Chanel - Nazi Occupation of Paris

I will not try to summarise the life of Coco Chanel. It's truly one of those rags to riches stories. There are far and few, and for ladies, they are even fewer... She was abandoned at the age of 12 by her father after her mom died.

In case you wonder why I am posting something about a fashion designer while I usually write about history or architecture, the reason is Coco later lived through the Nazi occupation of Paris...

This time period is so complex that I will not discuss her doings in such short post... She passed on 13 January 1971. She started out poor and abandoned. She died at the Ritz hotel where she had lived several years... Rags to riches...