Coco Chanel: From Fashion Icon to Social Revolutionary

Coco Chanel - From Fashion Icon to Social Revolutionary
Completed Spring 2012 for National History Day

Documentary about the the revolutionary impact of Chanel's fashion designs. I spent about 4 months researching in Libraries and Online Archives: reading through primary and secondary sources (newspapers, magazines, books, photos) as well as reaching out to experts in the field.

A very special thank you to the wonderful fashion designers and historians who I had the pleasure of interviewing for this project:

Shannon Bell, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Tilar Mazzeo, Author of "The Secret of Chanel No. 5"
Chloe Dao, Fashion Designer & Project Runway Winner
Dr. Ann DuPont, Texas State University
Dr. Irene Guenther, University of Houston
Claire McDonald, University of St. Thomas

NHD Regional Individual Senior Documentary Division 1st Place
NHD State Qualifier