Mademoiselle Chanel at her house in the French Riviera with her dog Gigot. Gabrielle Chanel’s affinity for the sailor uniform can be considered a house code, almost as synonymous with the brand as the iconic double C logo and tweed separates. It first appeared in the summer of 1913 after Chanel opened a boutique in Deauville, a resort on the coast of Normandy, which prompted a reinterpretation of designs worn at sea. A few years later in the 1930s, Chanel embraced the look in her personal…
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