“Husbands come and go, but the Chanel slingback is forever!” - Karen Walker (Will & Grace) After 15 years of retirement after WW2 Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel came back to work to find male designers such as Christian Dior and Cristóbal Balenciaga on the scene. Chanel was horrified to see how they had created such “illogical designs” for women that were not comfortable or practical. She believed in liberating women from the constraints of corsets and heavy skirts with a ne