Coco Chanel

Coco Chanel

Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel was a French fashion designer whose work helped reshape 20th-century womenswear and established one of fashion's most enduring houses.

Fashion designer and businesswoman

Fun fact:
She opened a couture house in Biarritz during the First World War.
Celebrity Stats
Profession

Fashion designer and businesswoman

Birth year

1883

Birthplace

Saumur, France

Nationality

French

Hotels where Coco Chanel stayed

Hôtel du Palais Biarritz

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France

Biarritz

★★★★★ Rating 9.6
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Built as an imperial seaside villa and later converted into a hotel, Hôtel du Palais faces Biarritz's Grande Plage. The hotel's own editorial history says Coco Chanel was a regular guest through 1925, during the years in which she established her Biarritz couture house. The current Hyatt Unbound Collection property remains in the same historic building and now includes a suite honoring Chanel.

Badrutt’s Palace Hotel

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Switzerland

St Moritz

★★★★★ Rating 9.6
Average price per night

$1,502

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Nestled in St. Moritz's vibrant heart, Badrutt’s Palace Hotel offers opulent accommodations with world-class amenities and an exclusive celebrity-favorite atmosphere.