Coco Chanel
Although Chanel was viewed as a prominent figure of luxury fashion during her life, Chanel's influence has been examined further post death in 1971. She continued to spend her final years in luxury evermore at her magnificent Ritz apartment. When Chanel died, the first lady of France, Mme, Pompidou organized a hero's tribute. Soon damaging documents from French intelligence agencies were released that outlined Chanel's war time involvements that quickly ended her monumental funeral plans.
Marie-Louise Jaÿ
Marie-Louise Jaÿ died on 27 December 1925 in Paris at the age of 87.
Ernest Cognacq died on 21 February 1928.
They were succeeded by their adopted nephew, Gabriel Cognacq (1880–1951).
By the 1990s the stores were no longer profitable and were sold to the LVMH group, which had already bought Le Bon Marché.
They were closed in 2005.