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Up until then, the designer had shown costume pieces worn with her clothing. Among her nowclassic innovations were the chanel suit, the quilted purse, costume jewelry, and the little black dress. The new batch of bakelite colors captured the imagination of more and more jewelry companies. Stupell industries glam fashion book stack grey bow pump heels ink wall. Luckily, from the precious little branding present on each piece, the date. The founder and namesake of the chanel brand, she was credited in the postworld war i era with liberating women from the constraints of the corseted silhouette and popularizing a sporty, casual chic as the feminine standard of style.
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