UNIVERSAL ICON : CHANEL

There are only a few people in the world who don't recognize the name Chanel. Chanel is one of the highest fashion labels to date, established in  1909 in France. Not only is it full of great fashion designs ranging form everyday wear to fancy "haute couture", as shown in a previous blog where it fit like a glove on Blake Lively, it include fragrances including the notorious perfume No. 5 de Chanel, beautiful makeup and  jewellry. Check out their elite website, http://www.chanel.com/

In my opinion, the fashion designer who founded the label, took a risk. She established sleek, classy and simple attire as opposed to the over-clustered and designed trends of the 19th century. Her entrepreneurship was that of great loss, however its simple and elite styles, attracted many young and older women to becoming extremely loyal customers. Chanel is  famous its "little black dress", as shown on the left by the iconic photo of the Chanel Girl.

Aside from the effortlessly beautiful attire, a beautiful range of make-up is offered in Chanel retail stores. In my opinion, the colours are beautiful and various shades of pink are available for a range of various female customers, as shown in the image below. The colours are beautiful, ranging from soft pastel colours for during the day, to striking dark and bright colours for dinner party's and events.

The iconic item of Chanel is the classy perfume "Chanel No.5". Honestly, the perfume is more designed for the older generation. It doesn't really give a young and sexy feeling to young women, rather a more musky smell for more of a simple classy older woman. Younger women would rather enjoy the beautiful and fresh scents of "Coco Mademoiselle", and would rather wear Chanel No.5 to bed (as Marilyn Monroe did LOL).