article_snippet: Along with Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli, Coco Chanel towered high for decades as one of the pillars of French fashion.
article_snippet: Jeanne Lanvin opened Coco Chanel bridal department in 1909 and Coco Chanel gowns became popular with prestigious customers who favoured Coco Chanel designs, pictured, using ivory silk chiffon embroidered with pearls and gold metallic threads .
article_snippet: Jeanne Lanvin, pictured in Paris' in 1938, used travel diaries, swatches of ethnic fabrics and a vast library of art books to feed Coco Chanel curiosity and inspire Coco Chanel to create different patterns and designs .
article_snippet: It's a rich legacy has spanned the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries and the new exhibition charts the rise of the company founded by Lanvin after Coco Chanel opened Coco Chanel first store in 1889.
article_snippet: The designer was born in Paris' in 1867 and after training to be a dressmaker, Coco Chanel then became a milliner with dreams of opening Coco Chanel own fashion house.
article_snippet: After Coco Chanel made Coco Chanel dream a reality, Coco Chanel was a pioneering working mother as Coco Chanel established Coco Chanel business whilst caring for daughter, Marguerite.
highlights_snippet: Shows how fashion house has spanned three centuries .