Gabriellechanel,therewasaveryunhappychildhood.Herfatheristhevendorssellinggroceries,motherisavillage.Chanelwasbornin1883,hisparentshavenotbeenformallymarry,sheisanillegitimatedaughtertomyselfitalways.Chanelmotherdiedattheageof12,andherfatherleftfivebrothersandsisters,theyhavesincevanished.Thecruelfact,madeherinthelaterdays,alwaystryingtohidethemiserablechildhood.
Afterherinthemonastery'sshelters,spentadimteenageyears.After18yearsofagetoleavethemonastery,thetortuous,shetriedallsortsofdifferentjobs,thereisevenashortperiodofsingingcareer.ItissaidthatthisishernicknameCoCoChanel.
25yearsold,shemetthefirstloverinlife-themulberry,makeherfate.Mulberryisanobledescent,hemakesinitsheydayofchanel,butbecauseofthesocialenvironmentatthattime,twopeoplecan'tformally.Buthoweverchanelwiththissqueezeflowofsociety.Clevershesoonwithprincearistocrats,lateraftertheintroductionofmulberry,chanel,metthemostimportantmeninherlife,sheArthurCapel,herlifebeloved.
Capelfromhumblebeginnings,asthechildofamistress,thoughwithhisownstruggle,inbusinessplan,andinthefirstworldwarwhenthevalveplugtreatyonpoliticalsecretary,becomehumblecelebrities,butbecauseofhishumbleoriginandthinktotakeanoblefamily.Althoughhetoldchanelaregenuine,buteventuallyabandonedthechanel,wenttoEnglandandmarriedthedaughterofajazz.Itbreakstheheartofachanel.Tocompensateforchanel'sguilt,CapelfinancedletsheopenedamillineryshopinParis,thisisthechanelthestartingpointofmycareer
加布里埃•香奈儿有一段很不愉快的童年。她的父亲是兜售杂货的小贩,母亲是个村妇。1883年夏奈尔出世时,父母尚未正式结婚,她对自己是个私生女这件事始终耿耿于怀。香奈儿12岁时母亲去世,父亲抛下了他们五个兄弟姐妹,自此不知去向。这残酷的事实,使她在以后的日子里,总要极力的掩饰那段悲惨的童年生活。
之后她在修道院的收容所里,度过了暗淡的少女岁月。18岁离开修道院后,几经周折,她尝试过各种不同的工作,甚至有一小段歌唱生涯。据说这也是她的别名CoCoChanel的由来。
25岁那年,她遇到了生命中的第一位情人---巴桑,使她的命运有了转机。巴桑是一位贵族的后裔,他令芳华正茂的香奈儿倾倒,但碍于当时的社会环境,两人无法正式结合。但是香奈儿却凭此开始挤身上流社会。聪明的她很快就周旋于王孙贵族之间,稍后经过巴桑的介绍,香奈儿邂逅了她一生中最重要的男人ArthurCapel----她此生的至爱。
Capel出身卑微,为一情妇之子,虽凭借自己的奋斗,在商场上大展宏图,并于第一次世界大战后当上《凡尔塞条约》的政治秘书,成为一介名流,但却因自己的卑微身世而觉得非取个名门闺秀不可。他对香奈儿虽然一片真心,但最终还是舍弃了香奈儿,远赴英伦与一名爵士的千金成婚。此举伤透了香奈儿的心。为了补偿对香奈儿的歉疚,Capel出资让她在巴黎开了一间女帽店,这便是香奈尔事业的起点