Frink Middle School student Nicole Robinson plans to compete next month in Greenville during a National History Day event.
Robinson, 13, said she has a passion for women’s fashion tiffany, so after watching a movie two years ago about French fashion designer Coco Chanel, she decided to portray Chanel’s life during National History Day.
Twenty-two students from Frink will participate in the event on March 31, which will feature regional contestants. Each student studied the lives of those in history that made impacts on society and will present a living history program at East Carolina University based on research.
Frink teacher Chris McAllister said each student’s presentation will feature a 2000-word essay and display boards on the person they selected from the history books.
“The students will portray a historical person in the first person,” McAllister said. “Students become the person they studied.”
Robinson said she selected Chanel after discovering Chanel’s impact on women’s fashion beginning during the early 1900s.
“She made womens’ clothing more fashionable and functional,” Robinson said. “cheap bangles also founded the little black dress worn by women today.”
Robinson said Chanel was born on Aug. 13, 1883 and later died during 1972. Chanel moved to New York City, where she lived during the 1920s and 1930s. Chanel also launched a perfume line named Chanel 5.
Robinson will wear a Chanel-designed little black dress, hat and additional accessories when she presents at ECU next month.
“Nicole will begin her presentation speaking in French,” McAllister said. “It’s amazing to watch Nicole transform into CoCo.”
Acting in plays and dramas is also a passion for Robinson, who has performed in class plays at Frink for the past three years. She said she hopes to continue acting when she attends North Lenoir High School next year.
Robinson said she hopes to attend the University of North Carolina at cheap bracelets Hill after her high school career.
“I plan to study science,” she said. “Eventually, I’d like to live in Raleigh.”