At the outbreak of World War I, finding yourself in Paris wasn’t really a choice, and neither was the exit route. Unless, of course, you were part of the crème de la crème, the intellectuals, the artists, or Coco Chanel. The Atlantic sun was still shining in Biarritz, though exclusively for those mentioned above. In 1915, Chanel arrived with her lover, Arthur “Boy” Capel, and the idea of opening her first fashion house was quickly born, funded, …
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