Gabrielle Chanel, better known as mademoiselle Coco Chanel is brought back to life, reincarnated in the lovely Audrey Tautou, which we all known from Amelie, in a recent movie called: ''Coco avant Chanel'' The movie or better described as a costume drama portrays Coco Chanel in her early years. We follow the life of a young adolescent Gabrielle Chanel to a glamourous lady in mesmerising Paris, France.
The story starts in the early 20th century. Gabrielle was like many others, poor, had no connections and no education. She resists poverty and chases after her dream of becoming a seamstress. Gabrielle uses her natural ability of sewing as a weapon and shield to shackle her descent. She designs a style that is different from all the others and is still remembered and still fashionable hundreds of years later and hundred yet to come I'd say. Her designs become symbolic for independence and elegance.
Whilst feminism takes its insecure first steps, Coco instinctively feels how women can be seduced and attracted by fashion and at the same time can liberate themselves from male domination. She gives and accepts love, but stays single in an era in which love and freedom are still considered to be antipoles.
Her clever and determined mentality is to be derived from her nickname 'Coco', that she got from a few drunken guys in a theatre in Paris in which she tried to exceed the noisy crowd by singing. Not only does she accepts the cynical nickname given to her, she carries it with proud and builds the most important fashion empire with it.
The movie is full of classic Chanel costumes. It's such a pity that we have to wait for this pearl to reveal itself on April 22nd in French theaters and on May 28th 2009 in Dutch theaters. If you are impatient just as me, take a look on youtube for a short trailer. That might cool the passionate fire.◆
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