did-you-kno:

Chanel was never tried for her crimes as a collaborator. She used her connections, information, and money to pay off the right people and cover her tracks. 

She was briefly arrested and questioned by a French judge, but basically got off scott-free and allegedly told her family that she was freed by Winston Churchill. 

Source

Which makes the fact that she co-founded her company with a pair of Jews, whose family controls it to this day, that much more delightful. (x)

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