She was unique. Dashing. Forward thinking. Empowering. That was, Chanel. With her birthday happening this month, its no wonder we wanted to take a moment to celebrate this extraordinary women. Her life, and, her art were integrated into one grand experience, and, women everywhere sa her spritis and admired her, and, her workers were terrified of her. She was exacting, demanding, precise. What did she do, that other houses of couture simply could not grasp? That a woman, could, if she dared, play both sides of the fence. She didn't have to rest as one image, she could, be explore the masucline side of femininity, and the feminine side of being tailored, or masculine. There was a dash of the theatrical, the circus, the horsewoman, and the elements of a Watteau painting, and, also, the love of the decorative arts that is the soul of Paris. Chanel is fashion. Fragrance, a lifestyle, a point of view. A Chanel women, is all things, to herself, first, then, she is everything that a women wants to be: daring, explorative, sensual, girlish, and, sophisticated. Legendary.