Capel also financed …
Capel financed Chanel's first shops and his own clothing style, notably his blazers, inspired her creation of the Chanel look. After having a brief career as a singer she became friends with, Etienne Balsan and stayed with him just outside of Paris where she lived as a “kept woman” in his mansion, and this is where she began to mingle with Balsans wealthy companions and this is when she met a man who would change her life forever, Arthur “Boy” Capel. BOY CAPEL.
ETIENNE BALSAN BOY CAPEL. Étienne Balsan (February 11, 1878 – 1953) was born in Paris, France, as Fulcran Étienne Balsan. Capel and Chanel. At 23, she started dating Étienne Balsan, a textile heir, and at 26, Arthur “Boy” Capel, an English polo player.
[citation needed]Life. Captain Arthur “Boy” Capel was an English aristocrat and he was a close friend of Balsan. His affair with Chanel apparently began in 1909, when he became acquainted with the then 26-year-old mistress of his friend Étienne Balsan. She was soon introduced to the lifestyles of the rich and famous.
A French socialite and heir, he was born into the family of wealthy industrialists from Châteauroux who created Balsan (Company) and provided the army with uniforms and originated the famous cloth known as "blue horizon." Foi apresentado à ela por um amigo em comum Étienne Balsan, como Boy Capel apelido que seus amigos lhe deram quando ele veio a Paris em meio a especulações que ele estava ligado, de alguma forma misteriosa a aristocracia britânica através da referida dinastia Capel… by ADRIANA SASSOON on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 Friday, June 11, 2010.
Arthur Capel By 1908, Chanel and Capel had fallen deeply in love and Chanel had left Balsan and she moved to Paris staying in an apartment paid for by Capel.