Coco Chanel, Suzy's great friend, told Dorian that she was " throwing her life away on an idiot.

Coco Chanel greatly popularized the use of faux jewelry in her years as a fashion designer, bringing costume jewelry to life with gold and faux pearls.

He never referred to it himself, but Chanel spoke about the alleged affair at length to her biographer Paul Morand in 1946 ; the conversation was published thirty years later.

Later, in September 1938, Salvador Dalí was invited by Gabrielle Coco Chanel to her house " La Pausa " in Roquebrune on the French Riviera.

She was the face of Chanel No. 5 in the late 1970s and she caused sales of the perfume to soar in the United Statesso much so that the American press, captivated by her charm, nominated her as the world's most elegant woman.

Chanel helped her devise her professional name, Anna Karina.

It was also during this period that he interviewed Coco Chanel in Paris, about the nature of her involvement with the Nazis in Vichy France during the war.

Her personal friend and the Chanel head designer Karl Lagerfeld presented her the award.

When Carmel Snow saw Mrs. T. Reed Vreeland dancing on the roof of New York ’ s St. Regis Hotel in a white lace Chanel dress and a bolero with roses in her hair one evening in 1936, she knew she'd found Bazaar ’ s newest staffer.

She often visited Paris, where she would buy her clothes, mostly from Chanel, whom she had met in 1926.

Some of her ad campaigns included Chanel, Clairol, Halston, Pucci and Hermès, and she appeared in over 150 commercials worldwide.

In 2002, she lent her voice for the character Chanel, the cousin of the protagonist Penny Proud, in the episode " Behind Family Lines " to the animated television series The Proud Family.

* Deauville was a popular vacation spot for Coco Chanel during her affair with Boy Capel.

The two opened her second shop there, which was the first place Chanel took the step from hat making to clothing.

From there, her modeling career took off, appearing in advertisements for top designers such as Chanel, Levi's, L ' Oréal and Revlon.

Aoki has modeled for the fashion houses Lancôme, Chanel, Versace, despite her relatively short height for a runway model.

Paradis spoke of her continued admiration of Chanel in 2010 saying, " The more I know them, the more I love Chanel.

Despite her relatively small frame of 5 ft 8 inch ( 173 cm ) for a model, she managed to add prestigious bookings such as advertisements from Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, Salvatore Ferragamo, Giorgio Armani, Jil Sander, Christian Dior, Burberry, and Louis Vuitton ; runway shows from Marc Jacobs, D & G, and Sonia Rykiel as well as appearances on the cover of Vogue Paris, Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan to her modeling repertoire.

Karl Lagerfeld showed the Chanel black leather thigh boot with many of his Autumn 2005 designs that actress Anne Hathaway later wore in The Devil Wears Prada, which made her a fashion icon.

* In the 2006 Fox 2000 Pictures release, The Devil Wears Prada, the protagonist, Andy Sachs ( played by Anne Hathaway ), completes her ugly-duckling-to-swan transformation by strutting confidently into her employer's offices wearing a pair of Chanel black leather thigh boots.

Through Dmitri and Marie's contacts in the industry, Chanel met perfumers in Grasse, and master perfumer Ernest Beaux, which led to the creation of the famed Chanel No. 5 perfume — involvement in the creation of which is Dmitri's second claim to historic importance.

Le nez de Chanel: The perfumer Ernest Beaux ( 1881 – 1961 ) created No. 5 de Chanel in 1921.

La nez de Chanel: The perfumer Ernest Beaux ( 1881 – 1961 ).

Several of its suites are named in honour of famous guests of the hotel, including Coco Chanel and Ernest Hemingway who lived at the hotel for years.

The idea for the development of a distinctly modern fragrance had been on Chanel ’ s mind for some time when her lover, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, introduced her to Ernest Beaux on the French Riviera in early 1920.

Beaux perfected what was to become Chanel No. 5 over several months in the late summer and autumn of 1920.

Beaux prepared ten glass vials for Chanel ’ s inspection.

His most notable affairs were with Natasha Sheremetyev, morganatic wife of his cousin, Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich, and in the early 1920s with Coco Chanel ; however, the one ( reputed ) affair that had the most influence on the course of his life and that effectively gave him his place in history was with another man: cross-dressing and presumably bisexual Prince Felix Yusupov, with whom he had a relationship in the winter of 1912 / 1913 that caused quite a scandal.

) This way, Dmitri met Coco Chanel, eleven years his elder just like Natasha had been, with whom he conducted a brief affair in 1921.

Because the Balsan flat was a salon for the French hunting and sporting élite, Chanel had opportunity to meet their fashion-conscious demi-mondaine mistresses, upon whom the rich men displayed their wealth.

Horst rented an apartment in New York in 1937, and while residing there met Coco Chanel, whom Horst called " the queen of the whole thing ".

For 10 years Coco Chanel came here to relax, sometimes in the company of the seamstresses of her workshop to whom she offered this dream holiday in a villa situated at Mimizan Plage ( now Pylone holiday camp ): paid holiday before its time!

At age 17, she was contracted by Coco Chanel to promote their products, but she fled to New York City and abandoned the job.

Her international modelling career and recognition worldwide was set after she shot the Cacharel fragrance campaign " Eau d ' Eden " with French photographer director Jean Paul Goude, then followed the Chanel 5 campaign with director Luc Besson, all while she was managed by George Gallier.

Amongst other things she has done advertisements for Issey Miyake, Moschino, Victoria's Secret and make-up company Clinique as well as walked the runway for high-profile fashion designers Shiatzy Chen, John Galliano, Chanel, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Jasper Conran and Ermanno Scervino.

Aoki made a return to the runway, walking for the Chanel Pre-Fall 2008 show in London and the couture show in Paris where she was the bride.

In 2005, she modeled for Chanel again for The New Mademoiselle handbag.

Chanel sold them the hats she designed and made and earned an independent living.

Since then, she has been featured in advertisements for Alberta Ferretti, Versace, Saks Fifth Avenue, Givenchy, J. Crew, Valentino, Chanel, and Banana Republic.

* The dress worn by Marge in Paris is the one she bought from the Chanel shop ( after the one she found at the outlet shop got chewed up in the sewing machine ) on season seven's " Scenes From The Class Struggle in Springfield ".

She has walked the runways of many top designers including Marc Jacobs ( which she did while pregnant ), Jean-Paul Gaultier, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, YSL, Alexander McQueen, Dior, and Gucci.

At the same time she took portrait images for worldwide magazines and advertising campaigns ( Well and Chanel ), created her first fashion series, worked on cover sleeves, and film posters, and in 1986 directed her first advertising campaign.

Chanel auditioned for Australian Idol in both Canberra, where she was not put through, and Sydney, where her performance earned a standing ovation from Ian Dickson.

Had Chanel continued in the competition, she would have performed " Give A Little, Get A Little " ( Ella Fitzgerald ) and " The Man I Love " ( Billie Holiday ) for Big Band night, " Blue " ( Joni Mitchell ) and " Benny & The Jets " ( Elton John ) on 70's night and " Teardrop " ( Massive Attack ) and " The First Taste " ( Fiona Apple ) in the final round.

After working in Europe for several years, Muñoz relocated to New York City, where she appeared on the covers of notable fashion magazines such as Vogue, Marie Claire, L ' Officiel, Elle, and Harper's Bazaar, and appeared in fashion campaigns and commercials for Balenciaga, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, GAP, L ' Oréal, Mango, Nokia, Saks Fifth Avenue, Valentino, and Yves Saint Laurent " Rive Gauche " and " In Love Again " fragrances.

During Paris's Spring / Summer 2007 Haute Couture fashion week, she walked for Chanel, Christian Lacroix, Christian Dior, Givenchy, and Jean Paul Gaultier.