COCO CHANEL

French fashion designer, style icon and founder of the House of Chanel, who had the biggest influence on how modern women should look, act and dress in the 20th century. In 1917, when femininity was bound to long tresses, Coco chopped her hair short (with the avowed explanation that her house had caught fire and also singed her curls). The look soon became all the rage. And in the century since, the ‘bob’ has never gone out of fashion, becoming an enduring symbol of independent, spirited women