Shirley MacLaine played the role of Coco Chanel this past Saturday in a Liftetime TV Movie.

One of the most important figures in the history of fashion, Coco Chanel was the subject of Lifetime’s made-for-TV-movie that looked into the design’s great early life and how she became a fashion designer.

The movie began in 1954, the year that Coco Chanel came out of her ‘self-imposed retirement.’ Played by Shirley MacLaine, the first scene showing the design great was just before the start of the fashion show. Unhappy with the sleeves of an outfit, she tore it apart, and then instructed her assistants on how to reconstruct it properly.

The collection was less than stellar, the attendees / clients were leaving even before the show ended and the reviews on the next day’s papers were murderous. Taking in the bad reviews with her closest friend and financial advisor, Coco Chanel commented, ‘I’ve been rejected before, even during the time I was still called Gabrielle,’ and thus the ‘flashback’ style of the movie begun.


If you missed it… check out the listings for future showings at www.mylifetime.com. Also, check out the vid below:

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