From the book, Chanel Her Life by Justine Picardie
1. Chanel fabricated a network of secrets and lies about her past to hide the truth.
2. Her surname on her birth certificate was misspelled as Chasnel.
3. A mirrored staircase serves as the backbone of her house (which was located above her store) in Paris. The mirrors give off an inexplicable sensation because they reflect from all angles, so you are forced to look at yourself as you go up the infamous stairs. The staircase leads to the spot where Chanel watched her fashion shows, concealed from her audience.
4. (Hold on to your seats for this one) The double C of the Chanel logo does not stand for Coco Chanel (gasp!). However, it is an abbreviation of Chanel and Capel. Arthur Capel was one of Chanel's lovers, and he helped her set up the House of Chanel.
5. Chanel recounted that her legendary 'little black dress' originated in 1920 when she went to the Opera and observed many women wearing all different colored dresses that she was not a fan of. As the Jazz Age commenced, her ideology was that dressing in black symbolized power and liberty.
There's a lot more where that came from ;)
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