Coco Chanel.
By Bianca Human
Was Coco really a Nazi agent because she believed in the Nazi Ideology?
In this essay it will be argued of the fact that Coco only became a Nazi Agent to gain power to be successful in her fashion empire, did she use them to get one step further and win her title back? Through all of the sources that have been gathered, the truth would be made clear. In Source A it was evident that Coco Chanel had a sneaky affair with a German Military Intelligence Officer Baron Hans Guenther Von Dincklage. Because of this affair, there were allegations that she had committed treason against her own country. In this source it states that Coco was so passionate about her fashion that she became a Nazi agent in order to gain …show more content…
America was always seen as the stable country and a lot of other countries would trust them as well as follow them in order to also reach stability which worked in favour for Chanel’s clothing and perfume.
In Source D it proves that Chanel was also a feminist. She promoted being different and standing out, not just going with the flow of society’s rules and regulations. She was the inspiration for many different looks and trends that are still worn today such as the little black cocktail dress that every girl should own, she claimed that “women think about all colours except the absence of colour. I have already said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute.”
In those times there were a lot of gender limitations created by society’s rule. Women didn’t wear trousers, hats or suits and Chanel quickly changed that. She hated that women were so restricted in everything they did that she inspired women so wear what they want and to wear it proudly, that’s what made her a feminist. She wanted help free women from just merely conforming, she wanted them to take a …show more content…
She could not bare to lose sight of her perfume business or the bright future that she saw for herself and that left her no choice but to become an agent. She never intended to commit treason against her country as seen in Source B, because she sympathized with the French and not with Germany. She stated that Germany did not understand France as a country and she therefore feared what Germany would do, which proves that she is fully in favour of her country and only exploited the Nazi’s to get higher up in the fashion industry. Chanel was attracted to power and money and she knew the Nazi’s had that, because with power you can virtually do anything and with that she wanted to conquer the world and change their outlook on gender limitations as seen in source D. She did it purely for the love of her fashion, not to do harm to her people or her
By Bianca Human
Was Coco really a Nazi agent because she believed in the Nazi Ideology?
In this essay it will be argued of the fact that Coco only became a Nazi Agent to gain power to be successful in her fashion empire, did she use them to get one step further and win her title back? Through all of the sources that have been gathered, the truth would be made clear. In Source A it was evident that Coco Chanel had a sneaky affair with a German Military Intelligence Officer Baron Hans Guenther Von Dincklage. Because of this affair, there were allegations that she had committed treason against her own country. In this source it states that Coco was so passionate about her fashion that she became a Nazi agent in order to gain …show more content…
America was always seen as the stable country and a lot of other countries would trust them as well as follow them in order to also reach stability which worked in favour for Chanel’s clothing and perfume.
In Source D it proves that Chanel was also a feminist. She promoted being different and standing out, not just going with the flow of society’s rules and regulations. She was the inspiration for many different looks and trends that are still worn today such as the little black cocktail dress that every girl should own, she claimed that “women think about all colours except the absence of colour. I have already said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute.”
In those times there were a lot of gender limitations created by society’s rule. Women didn’t wear trousers, hats or suits and Chanel quickly changed that. She hated that women were so restricted in everything they did that she inspired women so wear what they want and to wear it proudly, that’s what made her a feminist. She wanted help free women from just merely conforming, she wanted them to take a …show more content…
She could not bare to lose sight of her perfume business or the bright future that she saw for herself and that left her no choice but to become an agent. She never intended to commit treason against her country as seen in Source B, because she sympathized with the French and not with Germany. She stated that Germany did not understand France as a country and she therefore feared what Germany would do, which proves that she is fully in favour of her country and only exploited the Nazi’s to get higher up in the fashion industry. Chanel was attracted to power and money and she knew the Nazi’s had that, because with power you can virtually do anything and with that she wanted to conquer the world and change their outlook on gender limitations as seen in source D. She did it purely for the love of her fashion, not to do harm to her people or her