Chanelism

plural Chanelisms

1. countableuncountableA hallmark of the fashion designer Coco Chanel.

   Adolfo recalls it all with his wool boucle suit, mint green, touched with silvery metallic embued with all the elegant Chanelisms.

   1989, Caroline Rennolds Milbank, New York fashion: the evolution of American style

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   "All the Paris couture (except Fath) is permeated with the easy underdone sort of clothes that were the basis of Chanelism at its height."

   1954, H.W. Wilson Company, Marjorie Dent Candee, Current biography yearbook: Volume 15

   A woman of eighty-four, the world's top designer still going strong, producing a look that spanned several decades and Chanelisms which became fashion classics.

   1965, John Fairchild, The fashionable savages

   Besides the basic black dress, Chanelisms include pearls, sling-back pumps in beige and white, gold chains, and flame red and navy suit braiding.

   1990, Augustine Hope, Margaret Walch, The color compendium