Yetimhanede başlayıp, kabare şarkıcılığına uzanan daha sonra da dünyanın en önemli modacısı olma yolunda ilerleyen, masal gibi bir hayat. Gerçek adı Gabriella Chanel olan Coco Chanel ’in Paris’e taşınmadan ve ünlü olmadan önceki yaşamından kesitleri sergileniyor.

Years after being abandoned at an orphanage by her father, Gabrielle Chanel finds a job in a tailor shop where she meets, and soon begins an affair with French millionaire Etienne Balsan. Through Baron Balsan she is introduced into French society and given the opportunity to design her own style of hats. Though her career takes off, her personal life becomes more complicated when she falls in love with Balsan's former best friend Arthur Capel.