Coco Chanel
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a French fashion designer and business woman. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post-World War I era with liberating women from the constraints of the "corseted silhouette" and popularizing a sporty, casual chic as the feminine standard of style. A prolific fashion creator, Chanel extended her influence beyond couture clothing, realizing her design aesthetic in jewellery, handbags, and fragrance. Her signature scent, Chanel No. 5, has become an iconic product. She is the only fashion designer listed on "Time" magazine's . Chanel herself designed her famed interlocked-CC monogram, which has been in use since the 1920s.
Pierre Chenal
Pierre Chenal (; December 5, 1904 – December 23, 1990) was a French director and screenwriter who flourished in the 1930s. He was married from 1937 – 1955 to Florence Marly (2 June 1919 – 9 November 1978), a Czech-born French film actress.
Chenal was best known for film noir thrillers such as the 1937 film "L'Alibi", where he worked with Erich von Stroheim and Louis Jouvet. In 1939 he made "Le Dernier Tournant", the first of many film treatments of James M. Cain's celebrated novel, "The Postman Always Rings Twice".