Despite having died forty years ago in 1971, Coco Chanel's legacy lives on ... In honour of what would have been her 129th birthday (19 August), we've selected some of her lasting pearls of ...

The French-Belgian designer, 40, is to be “Artistic Director ... at the house founded by Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel in 1910. Blazy was born in Paris and studied at La Cambre Modes design school ...