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.
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.