Chanel
27 May 2007Interest to the old luxury world has, apparently, reached the apogee. Recently, information about the occurrence of film, devoted to legendary Coco Chanel, has appeared. On the Cannes film festival in France it was officially declared that French actress Audrey Tautou will play Coco Chanel - the most legendary figure in the world of a fashion.
The contract for the first role in the film, which has not received meanwhile the names, has been already signed. It is expected, that the attention of a picture will be concentrated to early years of Chanel’s life: the childhood and a youth. Anne Fontaine, known by such films as “Nathalie, 2003 and “How I killed my father “, 2001, will be the general producer of the film.
Now film producers are holding casting for actor for a role of a rich Englishman of Arthur Capel, who loved Chanel and who helped her to open hats shop in 1909.
Gabriel Chanel was born on August, 19th, 1883 and was the illegitimate daughter of the seaman. Soon her mother has died, and the girl grew in poverty and the ruin, deprived attention of eternally traveling father. Chanel has spent seven years in a Catholic shelter, where she has been studying sewing skill.
It is curious, that dream of the girl was to become not glorified designer but the singer. She has received nickname Coco for her love to singing. And though Gabriel has not succeeded as singer, when she was singing in cabaret, she has been fascinated with the officer Etienne Balsan, who has later acquainted her with Capel.
Owing to Chanel, the world has got a classical suit “Chanel” and the small black dress known all over the world.
