Seven Mysteries of Coco Chanel (Part Two)
(Continued from last week – find Part One here.) Her reasons for closing shop After the stock market crash in 1929, many businesses struggled, including Coco Chanel’s couture house. In 1939, at the outbreak of WWII, she closed down her shops, leaving over 3,000 employees out of work. Some suggest she did this in retaliation …