![Coco, Léon de Laborde and Étienne Balsan. He was much more handsome in real life than they portray him in the movie. Coco, Léon de Laborde and Étienne Balsan. He was much more handsome in real life than they portray him in the movie.](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/51/e6/d2/51e6d2380d327357807a4748cafe8a85.jpg)
Coco, Léon de Laborde and Étienne Balsan. He was much more handsome in real life than they portray him in the movie.
![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)
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
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![Hôtel Mont Royal on Twitter: "© Getty Images: Coco Chanel - Chantilly In 1964 #CocoChanel fell in love with Étienne Balsan, a gentleman who shared the same horseback riding passion as her. Hôtel Mont Royal on Twitter: "© Getty Images: Coco Chanel - Chantilly In 1964 #CocoChanel fell in love with Étienne Balsan, a gentleman who shared the same horseback riding passion as her.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DpJ40A2W0AAGHTp.jpg)