230. Coco Chanel | Fashion, Fragrance, and Fascism, Part Two
Done & Dunne
Hemlock Creatives
4.7 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
In this continuation of the life and times of Coco Chanel, we take the legendary designer through the Roaring 20s to the mid-1930s. This was an action packed time in her life, including even more expansion into a fragrance line, an entrée into London high society, a few high profile love affairs, two bad business deals, and a love nest in Scotland as well.
Ride along for this decade plus in her life, possibly the best one as the shadows of war are creeping in for our finale, in which Coco will do a little bit more than dabble into Fascism.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Dun & Dun. I'm Alicia, your hostess on this podcast journey, All Things Dominic Dunn, |
| 0:07.1 | where everything really is connected. And we are going to find some sticky spider webs this week |
| 0:14.9 | in our story. Thank you so much for joining me as we pick up with the life and times of Coco Chanel in this multiple drop week. |
| 0:24.6 | In our last episode, we left Coco at the close of 1919, 36 years old and in mourning for her lover boy Capelle. |
| 0:33.2 | The man who believed in her, supported her, and launched her career that is only now really just taking off. |
| 0:41.5 | It is time to get to the roaring 20s as there is no slowing, this Leo lady down for too long. |
| 0:49.5 | 1920 to 1936 in the life of Coco Chanel. |
| 0:54.8 | Let's investigate. Let's investigate. |
| 1:19.4 | Oh my, investigators for Coco, the 1910s were quite a ride. |
| 1:22.8 | But what is in store for the Roaring 20s? |
| 1:28.7 | It is time for a little bit of resilience and a little bit more lipstick for Coco. |
| 1:42.3 | She has already begun her fashion revolution with jersey as a fabric, bringing in menswear elements like pants into the wardrobes of the ladies. |
| 1:49.1 | Holy cats, her ankles are showing. But now, 1919, boy Capella's dead and Coco has a small problem. She is still a woman who cannot do business independently |
| 1:55.4 | under her own name. It turns out waiting for this actual right is going to take a long time. It is not until |
| 2:04.8 | 1965 with the passing of the French family law that this rule changes. Y'all, 1965. Coco needs a |
| 2:15.5 | business partner in order to continue doing business. At this point, she is |
| 2:20.5 | employing 300 or so employees making hats, sure, but now dresses other items of clothing |
| 2:29.7 | that are becoming pretty popular. Sure, in the 1920s, the franc is weaker than most other currencies |
| 2:37.5 | in world economies. That is one of the reasons why Paris and France is so attractive for |
| 2:44.0 | expats with cash. You can live well and cheaply in France. But these designs Coco are pushing out are like 3,000 francs, |
| 2:55.1 | $38,000 in today's equivalent dollars. Coco is making some money. There's no doubt she's |
| 3:02.0 | running a profitable business. Here, Coco is going to sign a deal with Pierre Vertimer. And Coco is very trusting, |
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