Coco Chanel
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"L'amour, pour qui? Un homme vieux? Quelle horreur! Un homme jeune? Quelle honte!"--Coco Chanel, apocryph "The couturière Coco Chanel was having an affair with a very senior German Nazi."--Hitler's Diplomat: The Life and Times of Joachim Von Ribbentrop (1992) by John Weitz |
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Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (August 19, 1883 – January 10, 1971) was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her arguably the most important figure in the history of 20th-century fashion. Her influence on haute couture was such that she was the only person in the field to be named on TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
Activity as Nazi agent
Declassified, archival documents unearthed by Hal Vaughan reveal that the French Préfecture de Police had a document on Chanel in which she was described as "Couturier and perfumer. Pseudonym: Westminster. Agent reference: F 7124. Signalled as suspect in the file" (Pseudonyme: Westminster. Indicatif d'agent: F 7124. Signalée comme suspecte au fichier).
