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Part Two: Coco Chanel: The Nazi Who Invented Fashion

Behind the Bastards

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Coco Chanel's Struggles

"I don't think it's bad pay for the time. Obviously, they're not happy with it," he says of French workers. "Coco raised, raged and roared as she sought to bring her laborers to heal without success" She became convinced that a civil war is imminent in France during this period. Ironically, her designs became even more iconic during this period because one of the big symbols of the strike is all of these Chanel suits strutting around in front of Chanel shops refusing to work without a raise.

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