Aug. 19, 2026
Coco Chanel's birthday.
Coco Chanel's birthday: fashion icons, haute couture history, and designers who changed how we dress.
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Calaroga Shark Media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison and today's theme
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is Coco Chanell's birthday. Fashion icons, hate couture history and
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designers who changed how We dress? Question one, Born on
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August nineteenth, eighteen eighty three, Coco Chanell later upended dress
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codes by elevating a once somber color into everyday chik
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in nineteen twenty six, which now classic garment. Did Vogue
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dub Chanelle's Ford for its democratic, universal appeal. Question two.
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Chanelle Number five, launched in nineteen twenty one with perfumer
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Ernest bo, broke ground by using an unusually high dose
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of which class of synthetic aroma molecules, giving the fragrance
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its signature sparkle and abstract floral character. Question three. Before Chanel,
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the foundations of Oute Coutuur were laid by which British
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born designer working in Paris, who introduced sewn in labels,
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presented seasonal collections on live models, and is widely regarded
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as the father of Ote Coutuur. Question four in nineteen
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forty seven, whose debut chorole collection quickly nicknamed the New
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Look by Harper's Bizarre editor Carmel snow reshaped post war
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style with nipped waists, rounded shoulders, and full skirts after
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years of wartime austerity. Question five challenging gender norms in
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nineteen sixty six, which designer introduced lee smoking the tuxedo
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suit for women that became an icon of androgynous elegance
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and nightlifestyle. We'll be right back with these answers after
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this break. Welcome back. Question one. What garment did Vogue
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call Chanelle's ford in nineteen twenty six? Answer the Little
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Black Dress LBD. Chanelle's simple black sheath, published by Vogue
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in nineteen twenty six, reframed black from morning to modern kh.
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It became a versatile staple emblematic of her philosophy of
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elegant simplicity. Question two which synthetic notes made Chanelle Number
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five famous for its sparkle? Answer? Aldehydes. Aldehydes added a phizzy,
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clean lift to the rich jasmine and rose from grass,
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creating a modern abstract scent. This innovative formula helped distinguish
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Number five from the more literal florals of its era.
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Question three, who is called the father of hate couture?
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Answer Charles Frederick Worth. Worth founded the House of Worth
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in the eighteen fifties, professionalizing fashion design and elevating the
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couturier to celebrity status. His system of made demi measure
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designs presented on models became the template for couture. Question four,
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Who launched the nineteen forty seven New Look? Answer Christian Dior.
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Dior's Silhouette revived luxury and femininity, bringing opulence back to
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Paris fashion. While controversial for its lavish fabric use, after rationing,
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it revitalized the couture industry. Question five, Who created lsmoking
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tuxedo for women in nineteen sixty six? Answer Eve Saint Laurent,
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unveiled in ysl's nineteen sixty six couture collections and later
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in Ready to Wear. The smoking reimagined men'swear tailoring for women.
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It helped normalize power suiting and blurred rigid gender boundaries
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in dress. That concludes today's five daily trivia questions. I'm
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Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help
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of AI technology. See you tomorrow.
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