![Left to Right: Benoit Poelvoorde as Etienne Balsan, Girl, and Audrey Tautou as Coco Chanel In the film Coco Before Chanel - TopFoto Left to Right: Benoit Poelvoorde as Etienne Balsan, Girl, and Audrey Tautou as Coco Chanel In the film Coco Before Chanel - TopFoto](https://d2sze6qxvc07yt.cloudfront.net/cdn/topfoto/previews/10516/dac9f107824b998d2feb1f8d6a969442/5/66329edc0cd6a435fccc06952e65bfb0/3154648.jpg)
Left to Right: Benoit Poelvoorde as Etienne Balsan, Girl, and Audrey Tautou as Coco Chanel In the film Coco Before Chanel - TopFoto
![How Coco Chanel used the men in her life to secure her place in Paris high society | Daily Mail Online How Coco Chanel used the men in her life to secure her place in Paris high society | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/09/10/19/18314274-0-image-a-18_1568140405225.jpg)
How Coco Chanel used the men in her life to secure her place in Paris high society | Daily Mail Online
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![helen warlow on Twitter: "I love this interesting photograph. Coco Chanel different from her well known look Etienne Balsan with his mistress Gabrielle (CoCo) Chanel. She was 23 here and you can helen warlow on Twitter: "I love this interesting photograph. Coco Chanel different from her well known look Etienne Balsan with his mistress Gabrielle (CoCo) Chanel. She was 23 here and you can](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5PGhjPWwAA_yJ9.jpg)