Informative Outline About Coco Chanel

Informative Presentation Outline Fundamentals of Oral Communication Topic: Coco Chanel General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: By the end of my speech the audience will know better about Coco Chanel. Thesis: Coco Chanel brought the world of high fashion to the masses. Introduction I. Does anyone know what this logo is? A. I am assuming most of women in this room know what this is. B. This is Chanel logo, one of the most famous fashion brand in the world. C. A lot of women know Chanel and they are fascinated of Chanel products, but how many people know about Coco Chanel, the first designer of Chanel?II. Today, I am going to inform my audience about who Coco Chanel was, and her famous fashion product lines. III. Thesis statement: Coco Chanel brought the world of high fashion to the masses. Transition: Now, let’s begin with who Coco Chanel was. Body I. Who is Coco Chanel? A. She is a successful woman who overcame being an orphan. 1. Coco was born out of wedlock in the French town of Saumur in the Loire Valley on 19 August 1883 ( De La Haye, 2005). a. Coco was sent to an orphanage with her two sisters when her mom died of asthma at her age twelve, and her father left his children. b.In 1900, at her age seventeenth, she left the orphanage and attended the local convent school in Moulins (South of France) (De La Haye, 2005). c. Having been taught to sew by her aunts, her sister and she found work as dressmakers, assisting Monsieur Henri Desboutin of the House of Grampayre( De La Haye, 2005) 2. By 1903, Chanel moved to Paris and had become the mistress of a well-to-do young military officer, Etinenne Balsan (J. Baughman (Ed. ), 2001). a. She started designing hats for her friends. b. Around 1910 Balsan and her lover Capel helped Chanel set up a millinery shop at 21 rue Cambon in Paris (J.Baughman (Ed. ), 2001). c. Her Simple, elegant hats charmed the society women to whom Balsan and Capel introduced her, and by 1915 she was able to open additional shops in the resort towns of Deauville and Biarritz, France (J. Baughman (Ed. ), 2001). d. In that year she also moved into couture, designing dresses, skirts, and sweaters in jersey, a fabric not previously used in the French fashion houses (J. Baughman (Ed. ), 2001). B. She was the first woman to start a cosmetics line and the first to have a perfume named after her (Brownell, 2009). C. Coco Chanel’s real name is Gabrielle Chanel. . After she left the orphanage, she sang during evening concerts at a fashionable cafe called La Rotonde. 2. According to a quotation from a book â€Å"A Woman of Her Own† by Axel Madsen, â€Å"The only cabaret songs she knew besides â€Å"Qui qu’a vu Coco? † was â€Å"Ko ko ri ko† (Madsen, 26). 3. She earned her nickname ‘Coco’ from the songs that she sang at the cafe. Transition: Now that I’ve talked about who Coco Chanel was, now I will discuss her famous fashion product lines. II. What are her famous fa shion product lines? A. Chanel No. 5 is one of the most prestigious scents in the world (J.Baughman (Ed. ), 2001) 1. According to â€Å"The Secret of Chanel No. 5†, Chanel No. 5 is sold in nearly every country 2. One bottle is sold every 30 seconds (The Secret of Chanel No. 5). 3. More than 100 million dollars is made each year of this perfume (The Secret of Chanel No. 5). B. Coco Chanel’s â€Å"The Little Black dress† is thought to be element to the world of women’s fashion. 1. Almost a century after its real birthday in 1925, the Little Black Dress (LBD) is still the standard cocktail-party uniform for women the world over (Brownell, 2009). 2.According to Encyclopedia of clothing and fashion, American Vogue described the little black dress as â€Å"The Chanel ‘Ford’-the frock that all the world will wear† (De La Haye, 2005). Conclusion I. Today I discussed who Coco Chanel was, and her famous product lines. II. Coco Chanel brought the world of high fashion to the masses. III. Remember even though Coco Chanel was orphan she overcame and became one of successful women in the world, so do not give up on following your dream like Coco Chanel! References Brownell, G. (2009). Coco Puffs. Newsweek,  154(5), 58-59 Chanel, gabrielle ‘coco'.In (2001). J. Baughman (Ed. ),American Decades  (Vol. 3). Gale. Retrieved from http://go. galegroup. com. resources. kirkwood. edu/ps/retrieve. do? sgHitCountType=None&sort=RELEVANCE&inPS=true&prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=kirkwood_main&tabID=T003&searchId=R1&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=BasicSearchForm ¤tPosition=3&contentSet=GALE|CX3468300801&&docId=GALE|CX3468300801&docType=GALE De La Haye, A. (2005). Chanel, gabrielle (coco). In S. Valerie (Ed. ),  Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion  (Vol. 1, pp. 49-254). Charles Scribner's Sons. 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