Fashion designer Coco Chanel, born August 19, 1883, in Saumur, France. She is famous for her designs, trademark suits, and little black dresses. Chanel was raised in an orphanages and taught to sew. She had a small career as a singer before opening her first clothes shop in 1910. In the 1920s, she launched her first perfume and introduced the Chanel suit and the little black dress. She is the goddess of fashion