Once upon a time,
从前
there lived a little girl who hid her humble origins all her life,
有一个小女孩终其一生想要挣脱卑微的出身
and preferred to invent her own legend.
创造出属于自己的传奇
Once upon a time, Gabrielle Chanel was born under the sign of the Leo
从前一个叫加布里埃尔·香奈尔的狮子座女孩
to a travelling peddler and a laundress
出生在了一个流动商贩和洗衣女工的家中
who died at thirty-two, exhausted by life.
她的母亲过于操劳 三十二岁便英年早逝
Once upon a time, there was a father who abandoned his five children
从前 一个父亲遗弃了他的五个孩子
and had his three daughters sent away to an orphanage.
他把其中的三个女儿送到了孤儿院
At twelve years old, Gabrielle would never see him again.
十二岁的加布里埃尔从此再没见过她的父亲
Forever after, she pretended that he had left to make his way in America.
她假装相信他离开她是为了去美国闯荡