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Coco Chanel

Chanel’s own history dates Gabrielle Chanel’s establishment at 31 Rue Cambon to 1918. The address brought together couture workshops, her apartment and creative activity. The map marks the street; visiting a boutique does not provide access to the apartment or ateliers.

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Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel —1923 caricature by Sem, Le Nouveau Monde — Sem (Georges Goursat); CC0 Paris Musées / Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris · CC0 1.0

Individual square portrait crop from Sem’s1923 caricature. Original colours and paper tone retained; resized without enlargement and converted to WebP. Cropped to an individual portrait. Resized without enlargement and converted to WebP. The existing People portrait frame may crop the photograph. Source colours retained.

CHAPTER 01

The house on Rue Cambon

Chanel’s own history dates Gabrielle Chanel’s establishment at 31 Rue Cambon to 1918. The address brought together couture workshops, her apartment and creative activity. The map marks the street; visiting a boutique does not provide access to the apartment or ateliers.

chanel.com — reference ↗︎

THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY

A life on the map.

Explore 1 connection. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.

01 / AREA REFERENCE

Rue Cambon — street reference

Chanel’s own history dates Gabrielle Chanel’s establishment at 31 Rue Cambon to 1918. The address brought together couture workshops, her apartment and creative activity. The map marks the street; visiting a boutique does not provide access to the apartment or ateliers.

chanel.com — reference ↗︎

Street reference. Boutique access does not imply access to the historic apartment or working ateliers.

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