Coco Chanel · every age

What was Coco Chanel doing at 39?

Orphanage seamstress; remade fashion at 30 and again at 70

1. c. 1923

   Introduced the Chanel tweed suit, at 40

   Designed for comfort and practicality.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
2. c. 1923

   Met the Duke of Westminster in Monte Carlo

   Introduced by Vera Bate Lombardi. One of the richest men in Britain; the affair lasted years.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

Portrait: Photo: Los Angeles Times (1931), UCLA Library, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · source