Extraordinary Women

Coco Chanel (1x2)

Air date: Feb 08, 2013

She was an illegitimate child, born into a poorhouse and abandoned in an orphanage, but Coco Chanel rose from unimaginable poverty to create the most iconic fashion brand of the 20th century, The House of Chanel. Yet behind the success, lies a hidden story of wartime collaboration with the Nazis and a lifetime of disastrous affairs with unsuitable lovers.Always a mistress, never a wife, Coco’s longing for love nearly cost her everything.