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Chanel S.A. (French: [ʃanɛl], English: /ʃəˈnɛl/) is the French house of high fashion that specializes in haute couture and ready-to-wear clothes, luxury goods, and fashion accessories. In her youth, the couturière Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel gained the soubriquet “Coco” in the course of her career as a chanteuse de café in provincial France. As a fashion designer, Coco Chanel catered to a woman’s taste for elegance in dress, with blouses and suits, trousers and dresses, and jewellry (gemstone and bijouterie) of simple design, that replaced the opulent, over-designed, and constrictive clothes and accessories of the 19th-century fashion. Historically, the House of Chanel is most famous for the stylistically versatile “little black dress”, the perfume No. 5 de Chanel, and the Chanel Suit. As a business enterprise, Chanel S.A. is a privately held company owned by Alain Wertheimer and Gerard Wertheimer, grandsons of Pierre Wertheimer, an early business partner of Coco Chanel. Commercially, the brands of the House of Chanel have been personified by fashion models and actresses, by women such as Inès de la Fressange, Catherine Deneuve, Carole Bouquet, Vanessa Paradis, Nicole Kidman, Anna Mouglalis, Audrey Tautou, Keira Knightley, and Marilyn Monroe, who epitomise the independent, self-confident Chanel Girl.
If you see me in the pouring rain
No, I'm never coming back again
For you, my beloved Chanel
Walk along my dear hand in hand
No not a tear not a grain of sand
For you, my beloved Chanel
Dancin' on the moonlit sky
Glancin' in each others' eye
Oh, my heart does swell
Believe me when I say to you
You really ring my bell
Walking in the park the other day
My heart skipped as I heard him say
For you, my beloved Chanel
Crying, screaming, ranting, raving mad
If you were dead, boy would I be glad
For you, my beloved Chanel
Dancin' on the moonlit sky
Glancin' in each others' eye
Oh, my heart does swell
Believe me when I say to you
Go right to hell
Dancin' on the moonlit sky
Glancin' in each others' eye
Oh, my heart does swell
Believe me when I say to you
You really ring my bell
Laughin' as your grave is built
Not an ounce of shame or guilt
For you, my beloved Chanel
I never cried, I never could
All the blame will do no good
For you, my beloved Chanel
For you, my beloved Chanel