La inenekazi elihle loyilo lwangaphakathi isiFrentshi Usweleke ngalo Mgqibelo, eshiya ngasemva indlela engacimekiyo; Kuthathelwa ingqalelo "yiCoco Chanel yomhombiso", yema ngeyona ndlela intle kwaye icocekile okanye indibaniselwano yayo emnyama nemhlophe kwisitayile sokujonga. Wayefuna ukuba uyilo lwakhe lufikeleleke, lukhululeke, lube lula kwaye luzinze; ukongeza ukubanjwa kwe-chic ngaphandle kokuzenzisa, nakwimfuno yakhe yomgangatho, wavuma ukujonga okuninzi kwixesha elidlulileyo ngelixa ecinga ngekamva.
Wazalelwa ngo-1925, nguye owaqulunqa umxholo Ihotele Boutique " ukuqala kwihotele edumileyo i-Morgans eNew York, kwaye wayisa kwindawo yayo ephezulu kwiHotel de Ville eParis, apho ukubuyela umva kwemisebenzi yakhe eclectic kunye nendalo yakhe njengomyili wezemveliso waye waququzelelwa. Waseka inkampani yakhe yefanitshala, i-artcart, ngo-1978, eyazinikezela ekuvuseleleni umsebenzi wabayili abaphambili ngeminyaka yoo-30 njengo-Jean Michel Frank no-Eileen Grey. Masimhlawule umrhumo osuka entliziyweni kunye nesishwankathelo esincinci ngemvelaphi yakhe yobugcisa:
Iinkcukacha ezithe xaxe - Ibhedi yesiFrentshi, iindlela zamvanje zokulala
Imigca - Iphepha lodonga, UKnitlit Kate, Ngokwenyani ekhaya, imagazini yokulala, Uyilo-lwenethiwekhi, Imifanekiso eqingqiweyo, bonluxat