Coco Before Chanel

Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly with her sister. A liaison with Baron Balsan gives her an entree into French society and a chance to develop her gift for designing.

• based on novel or book
• based on true story
• fashion designer
• wealth
• period drama
• social status
• woman director
• 1900s
• belle epoque
• 1890s